The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-07-13
M Oha nl lmcd-His Personal Appearance
md Habits.

From life Of this great Prophet and Reformel
recently published in London, we extract the fol
lowing descripl of his personal appearance anc
habits:
" Mohammed was mddling size, had 5roao
shoulders, wide chest, and large bones and h,
was fleshy, but not stout. The immoderate size
of his head was partly disguised by The long lock.
of hair, which in slight curs came nearly down tc
The lobe Of his ears. HIS oval face, though lawny
was rather fair for an Arab, but neither pale nor
high colored. The forehead was broad, and his
fine and long bu narrow eyebrows s"parat
ed by vein which you could see ihroLbIng if he
was angry. Under long eyelashes sparkled blood
shot black ey through wide slight syelids. His
nose was large prominent, slightly hooked, and
the zip OF it seemed to be turned uP, but was not
in reality. The mouth wide he had a
good set Of teeth, and the foreteeth were nsunder
His beard rose from the cheek bones, and came
down to the collar bone; he clipped his mousta-
chios, but did not shave them. He stonpcd. and
was slightly humpbacked. His gait careless,
and he walked fast heavily, as If he were ascend.
ing hill; and If he looked back, he rurned round
his whole body. The mlldness Of his countenance
gained him the confidence Of every one but he
cOu'd not look strag ght into mans face; he turn
ed his eyes usually outwards. On his back he
had a round f'shy tumOur of the size of a pigeons
egg its turrowed surface covered with hair,
This considered as the seal of his prophe-
tic mission. least during the latter part of his
career, by his followers, who were devout that
they found a for their aiiings in drinking the
water in which he had barhed ; and it must bsve
been very refreshing. for he perspred prOfusely,
and his skin exhalrd s'rong smell He "esiow.
ed considerable care upon his person, and more
on his teeth. which he rubbed so fre-
qnenlly with piece Of wood, that Shah author
was induced to consider it as one of The signs of
his prophetic mission. He bathr3 frequently,
washed several times day, and oiled his head
profusely after washing it. AT times he dyed his
hair and beard red with henna 10 imitation of his
grandfather, who imported this habit from Var
man. Though he did comb himself regularly. he
did it now aud then. AT first he wore his hair
Ike the J~ws aud Christians ; for he SAID, "ln all
Instances in which God has not given me
der TO The contrary,I like to follow heir exampIr;'
but subsequently, he divided it, like most of his
conntrymen. Every evening he applied antimuny
10 his eyes aud though he had not many grey
hairs when he died, he concealed them by
d dyeing oiiing them, in order to please his wives
many Of whom we're young and inclined to be gid
dy and whose numbers he increased 10 proper.
ii, as h. became more drcrepit. The prophet
wns usually dressed in white cotton shet.
blouse quamyc,i with pockets, and seevs which
reached to his wrists. He had skull cap and
turban on his hend, the extrem'"s hanging down
The b'ck; and sandals. with two 'ather straps over
the ins:ep. on his feet in the house he wore mere
ly piece of cloth Clcahah } tied round his tenn
pies, leaving the crown Of the head uncovered =
Sometm"s he wore instead OF The shirt " sui
Of clothes - { hollow }, which consisted oil an a.
prom { izar }, that is to say, piece Of cloth tied
round :he was, and hanging in folds down 10 the
egg, like wnman's peicoat; and sheet rida }
u square shawl, which was rhrown over the left
shoulder, and wrapped round the body under The
light arm. Sometimes he wrapped himself in a
'lauket ( mir J."