ISBN: 9781103479016

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Cairo-Description of the inhabitants-Treatment of women-Driving the Harem-Adventure of an Arab boy-Encounter with a native lady-Courtship and marriage in the East-Taking home the bride. Alexandria had enabled us to form a conception of what we should see Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Cairo-Description of the inhabitants-Treatment of women-Driving the Harem-Adventure of an Arab boy-Encounter with a native lady-Courtship and marriage in the East-Taking home the bride. Alexandria had enabled us to form a conception of what we should see at Cairo; but, in some respects, we found Cairo essentially different. What first struck me, was the variety of race and caste distinctly marked in the inhabitants, and the consequent diversity of costume, producing an effect highly picturesque. Three-fourths of the population are Arabs, and these are divided into two classes-rich and poor, or traders and working-men. The latter are fine, well-made fellows, and being generally about six feet high, with noble foreheads, and dark eyes, would present an imposing appearance, only that all is marred by a bad expression of face. They have been denounced as excessively dirty, but though I would not for worlds contradict Miss Martineau, or any other fair traveller, I must avow that, on a pretty close view, I saw nothing to create such an impression. Nor did I observe among them so many cases of blindness and ophthalmia as I had been led to expect though they certainly are more prevalent than in Europe. In other points, however, I found the labouring class in a much better position-healthier and better fed, than the poor in our large towns; and I have seen more squalor and wretchedness in the back streets of Liverpool than among the very dregs of the people of Egypt. The dress of the poorer sort of Arabs is composed solely of a piece of blue calico, or of brown cloth, thrown with something of a classic grace over the whole person; and a tarboosh, or Greek cap, which, wrapped round with a roll of white calico-a fashion Books, History~~General, Khartoum-And-The-Blue-And-White-Niles~~George-Melly, 999999999, Khartoum, And The Blue And White Niles, George Melly, 1103479016, BiblioBazaar, , , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 9781103479016

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHA… More...

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Cairo-Description of the inhabitants-Treatment of women-Driving the Harem-Adventure of an Arab boy-Encounter with a native lady-Courtship and marriage in the East-Taking home the bride. Alexandria had enabled us to form a conception of what we should see at Cairo; but, in some respects, we found Cairo essentially different. What first struck me, was the variety of race and caste distinctly marked in the inhabitants, and the consequent diversity of costume, producing an effect highly picturesque. Three-fourths of the population are Arabs, and these are divided into two classes-rich and poor, or traders and working-men. The latter are fine, well-made fellows, and being generally about six feet high, with noble foreheads, and dark eyes, would present an imposing appearance, only that all is marred by a bad expression of face. They have been denounced as excessively dirty, but though I would not for worlds contradict Miss Martineau, or any other fair traveller, I must avow that, on a pretty close view, I saw nothing to create such an impression. Nor did I observe among them so many cases of blindness and ophthalmia as I had been led to expect though they certainly are more prevalent than in Europe. In other points, however, I found the labouring class in a much better position-healthier and better fed, than the poor in our large towns; and I have seen more squalor and wretchedness in the back streets of Liverpool than among the very dregs of the people of Egypt. The dress of the poorer sort of Arabs is composed solely of a piece of blue calico, or of brown cloth, thrown with something of a classic grace over the whole person; and a tarboosh, or Greek cap, which, wrapped round with a roll of white calico-a fashion Books History~~General Khartoum-And-The-Blue-And-White-Niles~~George-Melly BiblioBazaar This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<

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