Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . Mi % i &i (ie^ food and clothing, but at the of that periodobtained in marriage the daughter of his master, forwhom he would otherwise have had to pay fromseven to eight hundred piasters. Daughters are paidfor according to the respectability and wealth of thefather, from seven to fifteen hundred piasters. The Druses are t
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . Mi % i &i (ie^ food and clothing, but at the of that periodobtained in marriage the daughter of his master, forwhom he would otherwise have had to pay fromseven to eight hundred piasters. Daughters are paidfor according to the respectability and wealth of thefather, from seven to fifteen hundred piasters. The Druses are the most superior race in thiscountry; then* Sheiks and elderly men are alwayswell and often handsomely dressed, while their wo-men are neatness itself; and they never go out with-out veiling their faces, as the stern morality of thispeople forbids the slightest indication of boldness orlevity. A fearful instance of the uncompromisingseverity with which the Druses visit female fi-ailty isrelated by a recent traveler, to whom the deputy ofa local governor told the tale as follows:— I wasasleep in bed, when in the middle of the night Iheard a knock at the door of my room. Who isthere? I said. A voice answered, Nas-reddin. Iopened the door and in came a D
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