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mentioned Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6 . John the Baptist, we are told, was habited in a raiment of camel's hair; and Chardin assures us, that the modern dervises wear such garments; as they do also great, leathern girdles. Camel's hair is also made into those beautiful stuffs, called shawls; but certainly the coarser manufacture of this material was adopted by John, and we may receive a good idea of its texture, from what Braithwaite says of the Arabian tents: "They are made of camel's hair, somewhat like our coarse hair cloths to lay over goods." By this coarse vesture the Baptist was not merely distinguished, but contrasted with those in royal palaces, who wore "soft raiment," such as shawls or other superfine manufactures, whether of the same material or not.