. 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 . ions,which are usually of a length equal to the width of themattress, and of a height equal to half that measure,lean against the wall. Both mattresses and cushions arestuffed with cotton, and are covered with printed calico,cloth, or some more expensive stuff. The walls areplastered and whitewashed. There are generally in thewalls two or three shallow cupboards, the doors otwhich are composed
. 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 . ions,which are usually of a length equal to the width of themattress, and of a height equal to half that measure,lean against the wall. Both mattresses and cushions arestuffed with cotton, and are covered with printed calico,cloth, or some more expensive stuff. The walls areplastered and whitewashed. There are generally in thewalls two or three shallow cupboards, the doors otwhich are composed of very small panels, on account ofthe heat and dryness of the climate, which cause woodto warp and shrink as if it weie placed in an oven ; forwhich reason the doors of the apartments also are con-structed in the same manner. We observe great variety * The leewan is not to be confounded with the deewan, whichis afterwards mentioned. f One of the chief reasons of the custom here mentioned is, to avoiadefiling a mat or carpet upon which prayer is usually made. This, asmany authors have observed, illustrates passages of the Scriptures,—Exodus iii. 5, and Joshua v. 15. r^- m,^^M>-^ K— M-^j^,. ffi^#^^ iiifa^z4.\=c<2i|||| mm mum E02 EW« Itl E«^PJ 3^ 1 ac i^ D C Specimens of Panel-work.—These are represented on a scale of one inchto twenty-four or tliirty. PRIVATE HOUSES. 37 and much ingenuity displayed in the different modes inwhich these small panels are formed and disposed. Afew specimens are introduced opposite. The ceiling overthe leewan is of wood, with carved beams, generally
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