. 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 . fe!i//^^.iiilKi;!;ii-iM^li^iii!iii^^. Kursse and Seencevcl: 192 TIIK MODERN EGYTTIANS. j)parl, , bono, &c. These two ])ieces of fur-niture compose tlie sufrah. Round cakes of bread,such as liave been before described, sometimes cut inhalves across the middle, are placed round the tray, withseveral limes, cut in two, to be sciueezed over any of thedishes that may require the acid
. 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 . fe!i//^^.iiilKi;!;ii-iM^li^iii!iii^^. Kursse and Seencevcl: 192 TIIK MODERN EGYTTIANS. j)parl, , bono, &c. These two ])ieces of fur-niture compose tlie sufrah. Round cakes of bread,such as liave been before described, sometimes cut inhalves across the middle, are placed round the tray, withseveral limes, cut in two, to be sciueezed over any of thedishes that may require the acid ; and a spoon of box-wood, or of el)ony, or tortoise-shell, is put for eachperson. The bread often serves as a ])latc. Severaldishes of tinned copper, or of china, containing differentkinds of viands, vegetables, &c., are then placed uponthe tray, accordiuir to the conmion fashion of the coun-try, or only one dish is put on at a time, after the Turkishmode. The persons who are to partake of the rei)ast sit uponthe floor around the tray, each with his napkin upon hisknees; or, if the tray be placed near the edge of a lowdeewan, which is often done, some of the persons maysit on the deewdn and the others on the floor; but if
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