He told me that a great-great- uncle of Mohamet once came here to pray.

He was powerful, large, and clumsy; when raising himself up, he stumbled against the wall and left the impression of his sacred hand.
These four monuments are said to be upwards of 250 years old.

They are constructed of large blocks of stone, and richly decorated with arabesques, friezes, reliefs, etc.

The sepulchre of Koshru and the impression of the hand are much venerated by the Mahomedans.
The garden afforded me more pleasure than the monuments--especially on account of the enormous tamarind-trees.

I thought that I had seen the largest in Brazil, but the ground, or perhaps the climate, here appears more favourable to this species of trees.