Mohafa

Khawja Rubens agreeably to his promiſe ſent ſixty-two camels for thirty-one loads, and we had nineteen camels for carrying our tents, proviſions and water, besides two alternately to carry a mohafa... The walk we found diſagreeable, and at firſt a great ſtrain on the loins and back, but the amble is like the ſame pace of a large horſe and not unpleaſant. Cadeo being ill was put into the mohafa.

Mohafa. This is the palanquin of rich females... it is entirely covered with a red lianging, and has no other ornament than a ball of copper at the top of the bambou... The Mohafa is carried by four servants, and attended by a number proportioned to the rank of the lady... Nevertheless the women who conform strictly to the precepts of their religion, are attended but by four bearers, however great their fortune.