. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . ten intertwinedwith coloured silks, or by a tube of gilt silver ; and at thelower extremity of the covering is a tassel of silk. The co-vering was originally designed to be moistened with water,in order to cool the pipe, and, consequently, the smoke,by evaporation: but this is only done when the pipe isold, or not handsome. Cherry-stick pipes, which arenever covered, are also used by many perso
. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825-28 . ten intertwinedwith coloured silks, or by a tube of gilt silver ; and at thelower extremity of the covering is a tassel of silk. The co-vering was originally designed to be moistened with water,in order to cool the pipe, and, consequently, the smoke,by evaporation: but this is only done when the pipe isold, or not handsome. Cherry-stick pipes, which arenever covered, are also used by many persons, particu-larly in the winter. In summer, the smoke is not so coolfrom the cherry-stick pipe as from the kind before men-tioned. The bowl J is of baked earth, coloured red orbrown.^ The mouth-piece || is composed of two or morepieces of opaque, light-coloured amber, interjoined byornaments of enamelled gold, agate, jasper, carnelion, or * From the Turkish chibook. -J- I believe it is maple. + Hagar. 9 To preserve the matting or carpet from injury, a small brass tray isoften placed beneath the bowl; and a small tray of wood is made use ofto receive the ashes of the Fum, or Pipes. DOMESTIC LIFE, 183 some other precious substance. It is the most costly partof the pipe : the price of one of the kind most generallyused by persons of the middle order is from about one tothree pounds sterling. A wooden tube passes through is often changed, as it soon becomes foul from theoil of the tobacco. The pipe also requires to be cleanedvery often, which is done with tow, by means of a longwire. Many poor men in Cairo gain their livelihood bygoing about to clean pipes. The tobacco smoked by persons of the higher orders,and some others, in Egypt, is of a very mild and deliciousflavour. It is mostly from the neighbourhood of El-Ladikeeyeh, in Syria. The best kind is the mountain to-bacco, * grown on the hills about that town. A strongerkind, which takes its name fr
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