Fire and sword in the Sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895 . In the Slave Market, Omdurman. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. 559 however, all new boats are taxed highly by the Beit elMai, there is little inducement to the builders to under-take such profitless work. There is a certain amount of leather-work in red andyellow shoes, sandals, saddles of different sorts, harness,amulets, sword scabbards, and knife sheaths, etc., whilstwhips in large quantities are made from the hide of thehippopotamus. There is also a considerable cotton indus-try. Every woman or gir
Fire and sword in the Sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895 . In the Slave Market, Omdurman. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. 559 however, all new boats are taxed highly by the Beit elMai, there is little inducement to the builders to under-take such profitless work. There is a certain amount of leather-work in red andyellow shoes, sandals, saddles of different sorts, harness,amulets, sword scabbards, and knife sheaths, etc., whilstwhips in large quantities are made from the hide of thehippopotamus. There is also a considerable cotton indus-try. Every woman or girl spins for her own use or forsale; and in every village there are numbers of weaverswho work the spun-yarn into a variety of materials. Inthe Gezira are woven common cotton stuffs, — such as tobs,damur, and genj (names of cloths) in lengths of about tenyards. These are brought to the market in large quanti-ties, and are principally used for the clothing of the com-moner classes. The finest yarns are spun in the provinceof Berber. Strips of coloured silk are frequently inter-woven in the materi
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