. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . is white teeth in a smile when heis asked a question or desired to make himselfuseful—led a detachment up the plank on shore,and took his way along the bank of the rivertowards the town. He was joined by a cavass,who was a thing of terror to the small boys andother backsheesh hunters. Capital fellow, indeed,is Hamed, but a bad fellow to go astern of in finesand with the wind strong ahead. His red shoesare lovely to look at, but they are spiked at the topas if meant to shovel up the dust; and, if that be VI.] TEE NATI
. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . is white teeth in a smile when heis asked a question or desired to make himselfuseful—led a detachment up the plank on shore,and took his way along the bank of the rivertowards the town. He was joined by a cavass,who was a thing of terror to the small boys andother backsheesh hunters. Capital fellow, indeed,is Hamed, but a bad fellow to go astern of in finesand with the wind strong ahead. His red shoesare lovely to look at, but they are spiked at the topas if meant to shovel up the dust; and, if that be VI.] TEE NATIVES. 157 the object, the designer must be congratulated onrare success. The dust was blinding. Our waylay through a ragged parade-ground extendingfrom the Pashas house near the landing - placeto the mud-walled enclosure around the gardenof the Governor, inside which were visible thejalousied windows of a neat residence. The townlooked like a village surrounded by a wall. Weentered the main street, which was about twelve feetwide, and wound right and left through lines of. buildings, two storeys in height, of which the outerwall facing the street was often only a brown bankof mud, pierced by an opening for the closed and on, meeting no one save frightened childrenor timid women, who bolted into doorways likerabbits in a warren at the approach of the a chattering of voices as they made when 158 THE BAZAAB. [chap. safe inside! From the suburb we turned intothe Bazaar. I strongly advise any one who mayread these notes not to halt at Benisoueff with-out doing the same. The street rambles at will,bordered by shops, to which the arts of theFrank are unknown. It is covered in at thetop, and the rays of light fall through the chinksof the matting and boards in pillar-like shafts,producing wonderful effects of light and sellers were more interesting than their wares,not but what there were strange things in con-fectionery and utensils and clothing of va
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