An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . er, often recommended in the case of a cough. One of myfriends, the most celebrated of the poets of Cairo, who is much troubled byastlmia, uses the nargeeleh almost incessantly from morning till night. DOMESTIC LIFE. 125 Persian pipe, the person as freely draws the smoke into his lungsas he would inhale pure air. The great prevalence of liver-complaints in Arabia is attributed to the general use of the nar-geeleh ; and many persons in Egypt suffer severely from the samecause. A kind of
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . er, often recommended in the case of a cough. One of myfriends, the most celebrated of the poets of Cairo, who is much troubled byastlmia, uses the nargeeleh almost incessantly from morning till night. DOMESTIC LIFE. 125 Persian pipe, the person as freely draws the smoke into his lungsas he would inhale pure air. The great prevalence of liver-complaints in Arabia is attributed to the general use of the nar-geeleh ; and many persons in Egypt suffer severely from the samecause. A kind of pipe commonly called gdzeh, which issimilar to the nargeeleh, excepting that it has a short cane tube,instead of the snake (or flexible one), and no stand, is used bymen of the lowest class, for smoking both the tumbak and theintoxicating hasheesh, or hemp. The coffee ( kahweh i) is made very strong, and withoutsugar or milk. The coffee-cup (which is called fingan) is small,generally holding not quite an ounce and a half of liquid. It isof porcelain, or Dutch ware, and, being without a handle, is placed. COFFEE SERVICE. v/ithin another cup (called zarf), of silver or brass, accordingto the circumstances of the owner, and, both in shape and size,nearly resembling our egg-cup. In preparing the coffee, thewater is first made to boil, the coffee (freshly roasted and pounded) This is the name of the beverage ; the berries (whether whole or pounded)are called bunn. ^ In a full service there are ten fingans and zarfs of uniform kinds, and oftenanother finyaii and zarf of a superior kind for the master of the house, or fora distinguished guest. In the accompanying sketch, the cofiee-pot (bekreg,or bakrag) and the zarfs anil tray are of silver, and are represented on ascale of one-eighth of the real size. Below this set are a similar zarf and fingan,on a scale of one-fourth, and a brass zarf, with the fingdn placed in it. Somezarfs are of plain or gilt silver filigree ; and a few opulen
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