. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . IN THE FISH-MARKET. MOHAMMEDAN DECK PASSENGERS [Toface page 250 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 251 as she is concerned you dont exist at all, and it isquite impossible to help her in any way. But if theMohammedan woman is a more or less helpless andridiculous object, the man, especially when seen athis prayers, is an impressive figure. One cant helprealizing that his religion is very real to him—oneto live for and, if necessary, to die for. At theappointed hour for prayer, wherever he may be, hegoes through the long series of genuflexions andprostrations enjoined by t
. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . IN THE FISH-MARKET. MOHAMMEDAN DECK PASSENGERS [Toface page 250 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 251 as she is concerned you dont exist at all, and it isquite impossible to help her in any way. But if theMohammedan woman is a more or less helpless andridiculous object, the man, especially when seen athis prayers, is an impressive figure. One cant helprealizing that his religion is very real to him—oneto live for and, if necessary, to die for. At theappointed hour for prayer, wherever he may be, hegoes through the long series of genuflexions andprostrations enjoined by the Koran, so perfectlyabsorbed in his devotions as to be oblivious to hissurroundings, and it makes no difference to himwhether he is in the midst of curious unbelievers,or in the circle of his own family and faith. A large proportion of my visitors were beggars,and amongst their number was a certain ragged anddilapidated Turk whom I seemed fated to meetwherever I went. I had seen him first at Durazzo,where he used to turn up periodically and wheedle
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