An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . marbleseat of the faskeeyeh, or lies upon a napkin on one of the leewans,or by the edge of one of the tanks, to submit to the first operation,which is that of cracking his joints. The operator cracks almost 312 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. every joint of his frame: he rings the body, first one way and thenthe other, to make several of the vertebrae crack: even the neckis made to crack twice, by wrenching the head round, each way,which produces a sensation rather alarming to an inexperiencedper
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . marbleseat of the faskeeyeh, or lies upon a napkin on one of the leewans,or by the edge of one of the tanks, to submit to the first operation,which is that of cracking his joints. The operator cracks almost 312 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. every joint of his frame: he rings the body, first one way and thenthe other, to make several of the vertebrae crack: even the neckis made to crack twice, by wrenching the head round, each way,which produces a sensation rather alarming to an inexperiencedperson; and each ear is generally twisted round until it cracks :the limbs are wrested with apparent violence; but with such skill,that an untoward accident in this operation is never heard main object of this process is to render the joints mukeyyisdtee also kneads the bathers flesh. After this, orpreviously, he rubs the soles of his feet with a kind of rasp, ofbaked clay. There are two kinds of rasps used for this purpose :one is very porous and rough; and its rasping surface is scored. FOOT-RASPS—One quarter of the real size. with several lines : the other is of a fine close clay j and thesurface with which the rubbing is performed is rendered roughartificially : both are of a dark, blackish colour. Those which areused by ladies are generally encased (the lower, or rasping, surfaceof course excepted) in thin, embossed silver. The rougher raspis of indispensable utility to persons who do not wear stockings ;which is the case with most of the inhabitants of Egypt: theother is for the more delicate ; and is often used for rubbing thelimbs, to render the skin smooth. The next operation is that ofrubbing the bathers flesh with a small, coarse, woollen bag.^This done, the bather, if he please, dips himself in one of thetanks. He is next taken to a hanafeeyeh. A napkin having been This operation is termed tekyees, and the bag kees elhamminhence the operator is call
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