When the hair is reduced to reasonable order by the latter process, a vigorous hunt takes place, which occupies about an hour, according to the amount of game preserved.

The sport concluded, the hair is rubbed with a mixture of oil of roses, myrrh, and sandal-wood dust mixed with a powder of cloves and cassia.

When well greased and rendered somewhat stiff by the solids thus introduced, it is plaited into at least two hundred fine plaits; each of these plaits is then smeared with a mixture of sandal-wood dust and either gum water or paste of dhurra flour.

On the last day of the operation, each tiny plait is carefully opened by the long hairpin or skewer, and the head is ravissante.

Scented and frizzled in this manner with a well-greased tope or robe, the Arab lady's toilet is complete.