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travels in upper
CHAP. XV.
Inhabitants of Rossetta—Pipes—Coffee-houses—
Arabian Tales--Manner of making the coffee--•
Shameful vices of the Egyptians—Wives of the
rich— Conversation by signs with one of them--
Particulars respecting those women—Jealousy of
the men—Homage paid to women.
After the eye has wandered with delight over
a portion of the brilliant agriculture of Egypt, it
is reluctantly brought back to the interior of
cities. There, it is the picture of fertile and gene-
rous nature ; here we are presented with the sacri-
legious efforts, to contradict and violate her, of
men incapable of relishing, of enjoying her beau-
ties. There, sensations the gentlest and the most
pure follow each other in rapid succession, and
deliciously fill the feeling soul. Here, the mind
is shocked at the hideous aspect of the vices which
domineer in a society equally degenerate and cor-
rupted. But I have engaged to present, without
disguise, my observations of every kind, and those
which have a reference to the manners of the ex-
isting Egyptians ought to find a place in a gene-
ral description.
Rossetta
travels in upper
CHAP. XV.
Inhabitants of Rossetta—Pipes—Coffee-houses—
Arabian Tales--Manner of making the coffee--•
Shameful vices of the Egyptians—Wives of the
rich— Conversation by signs with one of them--
Particulars respecting those women—Jealousy of
the men—Homage paid to women.
After the eye has wandered with delight over
a portion of the brilliant agriculture of Egypt, it
is reluctantly brought back to the interior of
cities. There, it is the picture of fertile and gene-
rous nature ; here we are presented with the sacri-
legious efforts, to contradict and violate her, of
men incapable of relishing, of enjoying her beau-
ties. There, sensations the gentlest and the most
pure follow each other in rapid succession, and
deliciously fill the feeling soul. Here, the mind
is shocked at the hideous aspect of the vices which
domineer in a society equally degenerate and cor-
rupted. But I have engaged to present, without
disguise, my observations of every kind, and those
which have a reference to the manners of the ex-
isting Egyptians ought to find a place in a gene-
ral description.
Rossetta