Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . lyd mahldbunei cl-bahr (help! 0Embabeh, help! the lupinsof Embabeh are better thanalmonds; Oh, how sweet isthe little son of the river!).The best lupins are grownat Embabeh, and they arecalled children of the riverfrom the fact that they re-quire to be soaked in Nile water for a considerable time beforethey are boiled. Other cries are lya musellil-ghalban yd libb(0 comforter of those in distress, kernels, , of the melon);or, more commonly, l el-mohammas (roasted kernels) ; ya fustuk. — .)
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . lyd mahldbunei cl-bahr (help! 0Embabeh, help! the lupinsof Embabeh are better thanalmonds; Oh, how sweet isthe little son of the river!).The best lupins are grownat Embabeh, and they arecalled children of the riverfrom the fact that they re-quire to be soaked in Nile water for a considerable time beforethey are boiled. Other cries are lya musellil-ghalban yd libb(0 comforter of those in distress, kernels, , of the melon);or, more commonly, l el-mohammas (roasted kernels) ; ya fustuk. — .)<) Bout, ,{. CAIRO. Schools. gedid! | new pistachios); eMoard fcfira sWft mm rm/fc cn-nchifettdh? I tlu rose was a thorn; it blossomed from the sweat of theprophet). This legend resembles that of the thorns at Subiacoamong the Sabine Hills, which were converted into rose bushes bythe blood of St. Francis. lRawdyeh d-genneh yd temer henna(odours of Paradise, 0 flowers of henna). With regard to thehenna plant, see p. 75. When the work of the day is over, the solemn and sonorous cryof the mueddin, summoning the faithful to prayer (see p. 147),reverberates from the tops of the minarets; but much of thebusy street-traffic goes on till nearly midnight, and during themonth of Ramadan it even continues throughout the whole night,while the barking of hungry dogs and the braying of donkeys fre-quently form an additional interruption to repose. At a very earlyhour in the morning the same scenes recommence, and on leavinghis hotel the traveller is tempted to believe that Cairo is celebra
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