Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . e city, aswell as the public sebils (p. clxxxii), with water, and though onmany of the houses there are brass tubes through which passers-bymay take a draught from the main pipes. The Hemali also, wliobelong to one of the orders of dervishes (p. xci), are engaged inselling water, which they flavour with orange-blossom {zahrj, whileothers use liquorice (erksus) or raisins (zehih). There are alsonumerous itinerant of fruit, vegetables, and sweetmeats,which to Europeans usually look very uninviting. The Rammdl orsoothsayer, squatting by the
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . e city, aswell as the public sebils (p. clxxxii), with water, and though onmany of the houses there are brass tubes through which passers-bymay take a draught from the main pipes. The Hemali also, wliobelong to one of the orders of dervishes (p. xci), are engaged inselling water, which they flavour with orange-blossom {zahrj, whileothers use liquorice (erksus) or raisins (zehih). There are alsonumerous itinerant of fruit, vegetables, and sweetmeats,which to Europeans usually look very uninviting. The Rammdl orsoothsayer, squatting by the side of the road, offers to tell the fortuneof the passer-by by consulting the sand. Lastly, there are itinerantCooks (tabbakMn, sing, tabbdkh). with portable kitchens, who sellsmall meat puddings, fish, and other comestibles. Most of the Arabian Barbers have their shops open to the cutting the hair of their customers thoy may be seen shav-ing their heads, an art in which they are very expert. Street Scenes. CAIRO. 4. Route. 49. Several times during the day and also at night the solemn and sonorous cry of the muezzin, summoning the faithful to prayer (see p. Ixxxvii), reverberates from the tops of the minarets (mctdna). When the shops are shut the watchmen (bauwdb) place their heds (serir) of palm-twigs in the streets outside the entrances and prepare to spend the night there; sometimes they have only mats or rugs to sleep on. The street-traffic ceases in the Arab quarters comparatively early, while in the European districts it goes on till nearly mid-night. But during the month of Ramadan it con-tinues throughout the whole night even in theArab quarters; the story-tellers (p. xxvi] in the cafes then have many listeners, whileshadow-plays (p. xxvii) and broad farces attract others. The traveller will ob-serve the Schools (kultdb),of which there are 193 inCairo, with 363 teachersand 11,925 scholars, andone of which is attached toalmost every public foun-tain (se
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