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render the scene as picturesque as it is wildly interesting.
In front of the tent Demetrius is engaged in cooking, whilst
I am within writing, and enjoying all the independence of
this Arab life. My pelaf of kid and a brace of wood-
pigeons are brought in with some potatoes, which we ob-
tained at Constantinople ; and on my finding fault with
them as compared with those of England, I am informed
that they come from England, the root not being yet grown
in this country.
The water-jug universally used in the mountainous dis-
trict, and which is always presented for me to drink from
when sitting on my horse, is of primitive construction, and
much resembles in form many specimens which I have seen
in ancient terra cotta; it is carved out of the section of a
tree or single block of wood. There is a side pipe, which is
used for drinking, and another centre pipe, larger, which, by a
SIDE.
151
S^
r. \ ~*\:.'.
** ■ V
r the bono, oil
ffwtentmetfK
the Bt of 11
pmgHBi
effect to th-
render the scene as picturesque as it is wildly interesting.
In front of the tent Demetrius is engaged in cooking, whilst
I am within writing, and enjoying all the independence of
this Arab life. My pelaf of kid and a brace of wood-
pigeons are brought in with some potatoes, which we ob-
tained at Constantinople ; and on my finding fault with
them as compared with those of England, I am informed
that they come from England, the root not being yet grown
in this country.
The water-jug universally used in the mountainous dis-
trict, and which is always presented for me to drink from
when sitting on my horse, is of primitive construction, and
much resembles in form many specimens which I have seen
in ancient terra cotta; it is carved out of the section of a
tree or single block of wood. There is a side pipe, which is
used for drinking, and another centre pipe, larger, which, by a