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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 129
with difficulty we were able to pass through its narrow
streets. The description of one town in the Delta and its
opposite banks answers for all: houses of burnt or unburnt
bricks; projecting casements that obscure the light, and seem
incapable, from their being of wood pierced with holes, of
admitting it; small shops in the different bazars, in which
a single man sits cross-legged on a board dealing out his
wares to the customers; narrow streets ; and offensive
smells.
The manners of the East with regard to bazars seem to
be unvaried. From Tangiers and Tetuan through the whole
of the Levant, and, I believe, throughout Asia, there is but
one style of shop and one, mode of supply. Sometimes the
hoarse voice of a pedler, carrying a skein of silk or trifling
article, making his -way through the crowd with hurried
strides, attracts the passenger; when, if the price asked is
agreed on, the former stops; if not, he continues, without
seeming to notice those who address him.
The gardens are of the same neglected kind as in
other parts of Egypt: they are generally enclosed with
reeds, espaliers, and brush-wood, within which are plan-
tations of palm and orange-trees. The rice-grounds are
numerous, and irrigated with water-wheels. The inhabitants
of the town and fellahs of the country, being more imme-
diately under the oppression of the Turkish chiefs, seem
s
with difficulty we were able to pass through its narrow
streets. The description of one town in the Delta and its
opposite banks answers for all: houses of burnt or unburnt
bricks; projecting casements that obscure the light, and seem
incapable, from their being of wood pierced with holes, of
admitting it; small shops in the different bazars, in which
a single man sits cross-legged on a board dealing out his
wares to the customers; narrow streets ; and offensive
smells.
The manners of the East with regard to bazars seem to
be unvaried. From Tangiers and Tetuan through the whole
of the Levant, and, I believe, throughout Asia, there is but
one style of shop and one, mode of supply. Sometimes the
hoarse voice of a pedler, carrying a skein of silk or trifling
article, making his -way through the crowd with hurried
strides, attracts the passenger; when, if the price asked is
agreed on, the former stops; if not, he continues, without
seeming to notice those who address him.
The gardens are of the same neglected kind as in
other parts of Egypt: they are generally enclosed with
reeds, espaliers, and brush-wood, within which are plan-
tations of palm and orange-trees. The rice-grounds are
numerous, and irrigated with water-wheels. The inhabitants
of the town and fellahs of the country, being more imme-
diately under the oppression of the Turkish chiefs, seem
s