. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . Earthen Mibkliarali and China D6rak, one sixth of the real size. quired to ignite the wood and the mastic; and the water-bottle is held inverted over it. A strip of rag is tiedround the neck of the dorak, at the distance of about aninch from the mouth, to prevent the smoke-black fromextending too far upon the exterior of the bottle. Manypersons also put a little orange-flower-waterf into thebot
. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . Earthen Mibkliarali and China D6rak, one sixth of the real size. quired to ignite the wood and the mastic; and the water-bottle is held inverted over it. A strip of rag is tiedround the neck of the dorak, at the distance of about aninch from the mouth, to prevent the smoke-black fromextending too far upon the exterior of the bottle. Manypersons also put a little orange-flower-waterf into thebottles. Tiiis gives a very agreeable flavour to theircontents. The bottles have stoppers of silver, brass, tin,wood, or palm-leaves ; and are generally ])laced in a trayof tinned copper, which receives the water that exudesfrom them. In cold weather, china bottles are used inmany houses instead of those above described, which thenrender the water too The two most common formsof drinking-cups are here represented. Some of them * AmjTis kafal of Forskal. An Arabian tree. ?f- Moyet zahr, or moyet zahr narin^. + Baroii Ilamraer-Purgstall has remarked that two other vesselsshould have been men
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