The Holy Land and the Bible; . l coffee when v/anted. The turbaned propiietor is intently super-intending the operation of getting the fire to light. A man with whiteturban and bare legs and arms sits pounding coffee-berries in a mortar,wliich he holds steady with his two Iect, a long stick serving for Bedouin sits in the middle, smoking a long wooden-stemmed,pipe;an elderly apparition occu])ies a low rush stool and jmlls at a nargilehin one corner, and at tlie other a man is asleej), with his back againstthe rough stone wall. At another cafe, farther on, a crowd of men aresitting on
The Holy Land and the Bible; . l coffee when v/anted. The turbaned propiietor is intently super-intending the operation of getting the fire to light. A man with whiteturban and bare legs and arms sits pounding coffee-berries in a mortar,wliich he holds steady with his two Iect, a long stick serving for Bedouin sits in the middle, smoking a long wooden-stemmed,pipe;an elderly apparition occu])ies a low rush stool and jmlls at a nargilehin one corner, and at tlie other a man is asleej), with his back againstthe rough stone wall. At another cafe, farther on, a crowd of men aresitting on the same kind of low rusli stools, in the open air, smokingnargilehs, but apparently buying nothing more than the use of the pipe. 1 Mod. Egnptium. i. 46. 2 J<nrnin/, p. 100, :, Isa. xViK. la. 10. 4 In Ps. x. appears toill the same way niail<in^ tlie sins of men on His liand, to bring them to judg-ment ill due season. Instead of requite it, we may read, • to put or set it upon Thy hand. be pictured as ii. A BAZAR IN JOPPA. t.] JOPPA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. 17 At one side, a seller of sweetmeats and IVuits presides over his bcjxcsand baskets, sitting cross-legged on the i)i-(jjecting front ledge of thecafe arch in all the glory of turban, flowing robes, and bare sausage-meat on tables in the streets, or in cook-shops,awaits customers, for whom a portion of it is squeezed round a skeweras it is wanted, and then laid over a lighted charcoal brazier on thetable, till ready for eating. Milk, bread, and vegetables had their ownpurveyors—turbaned figures of imposing dignity, who seemed to thinktheir dens the most important spots in the world. Leeks, carrots,radishes like Bologna sausages for length and thickness, had numerousbuyers. Fish shops were frequent. Cobblers drove a brisk trade inthe open air, condescending to mend slippers and sandals which wouldhave been thrown into the dust-bin with us. Veiled women passedfrequently. The street was cr
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