. Egypt painted and described . principal gateof the village. Kahbuna, being a typical fellah village, may bedescribed rather fully. The outside walls, made of sun-dried mud, are practically without doors, or windows,and have rather the appearance of a line of fortifica-tions, the narrow lanes of the village terminating inheavy wooden doors, closed at nightfall, and guardedfrom the inside by the village watchmen. The mud-huts of which the village consists are usually of onestory, the roofs being covered with heaps of cottonand doura stalks, stored there as fuel. Space beinglimited, the houses
. Egypt painted and described . principal gateof the village. Kahbuna, being a typical fellah village, may bedescribed rather fully. The outside walls, made of sun-dried mud, are practically without doors, or windows,and have rather the appearance of a line of fortifica-tions, the narrow lanes of the village terminating inheavy wooden doors, closed at nightfall, and guardedfrom the inside by the village watchmen. The mud-huts of which the village consists are usually of onestory, the roofs being covered with heaps of cottonand doura stalks, stored there as fuel. Space beinglimited, the houses usually adjoin, leaving narrow laneswhere necessary, which form the only thoroughfares ofthe town. Roaming at will over the house-tops are sheep, goats,and the half-wild dog common to all these an upper story is built to houses ofgreater importance, and here and there are squaretowers, erected to accommodate the thousands of pigeonswhirling overhead. Frequently these lanes end abruptly 168 A FELLAH VILLAGE. .3^
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