. 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 . : the soap in the middle; and the water, being pouredupon the hands, passes through this cover into the spacebelow; so that when the basin is brought to a secondperson, the water with which the former one has washedis not seen. A napkin ( footah ) is given to eachperson. Around tray (called seeneeyeh, and saneeyeh )of tinned coj)per, or sometimes of brass, generally be-tween two and three feet
. 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 . : the soap in the middle; and the water, being pouredupon the hands, passes through this cover into the spacebelow; so that when the basin is brought to a secondperson, the water with which the former one has washedis not seen. A napkin ( footah ) is given to eachperson. Around tray (called seeneeyeh, and saneeyeh )of tinned coj)per, or sometimes of brass, generally be-tween two and three feet in diameter, serves as a table,being placed upon a stool (* kursee ) about fifteen incheshigh, made of wood, and often covered with mother-of- * See Mark, vii. 3. •f- In tlie houses of some of the opulent, these utensils are of have also seen some of j^ilt copper. + Tlie width of the former is fourteen inches; and the height of thelatter tlie [i(iif!ii!i!iih!iti}fe!i//^^.iiilKi;!;ii-iM^li^iii!iii^^
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