An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . nted in the same manner. A sketch ofone is here given. Good taste is evinced by only decorating inthis manner parts which are not always before the eyes ; for tolook long at so many lines intersecting each other in variousdirections would be painful. In some houses (as in that which is the subject of the engravingopposite p. 9) there is another room, called a makad, for the sameuse as the mandarah, having an open front, with two or morearches and a low railing ; and also, on the ground
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . nted in the same manner. A sketch ofone is here given. Good taste is evinced by only decorating inthis manner parts which are not always before the eyes ; for tolook long at so many lines intersecting each other in variousdirections would be painful. In some houses (as in that which is the subject of the engravingopposite p. 9) there is another room, called a makad, for the sameuse as the mandarah, having an open front, with two or morearches and a low railing ; and also, on the ground floor, a squarerecess, called a takhtabosh, with an open front, and generallya pillar to support the wall above : its floor is a paved leewan ;and there is a long wooden sofa placed along one, or two, or eachof its three walls. The court, during the summer, is frequentlysprinkled with water, which renders the surrounding apartments See Jeremiah xxii. 14. 12 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. agreeably cool—or at least those on the ground-floor. All therooms are furnished in the same manner as that first
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