Mahomet’s Coffin

is said to be suspended in mid-air. The wise ones affirm that the coffin is of iron, and is suspended by the means of loadstones. The faithful a ert it is held up by four angels. Burckhardt says it is not suspended at all. A marabout told Labat: Que le tombeau de Mahomet étoit porté en l’air par le moyen de certains Anges qui se relayent d’heure en heures pour soutenir ce fardeau.—Labat, Afrique Occident ale , ii. 143 (1728). The balance always would hang even. Like Mah’met’s tomb ’twixt earth and heaven. Prior, Alma , ii. 199 (1717).