Outing . or asupperless and most disagreeable night,when I descried a village perched in anopening among the mountains a mileor thereabouts off to the right. Repair-ing thither I found it to be a Kurdishvillage, where», the hovels were more excava-tions than build-ings ; buffaloes,horses, goats,chickens andhuman beings allfound shelterunder the sameroof ; theirrespectivequarterswerenothingmore than arailing theques-tion ofventila-tionwasnevereventhoughto f, t h eeffect uponmy olfactorynerves uponentering wasanything filth andrags of thesepeople weresomethingab
Outing . or asupperless and most disagreeable night,when I descried a village perched in anopening among the mountains a mileor thereabouts off to the right. Repair-ing thither I found it to be a Kurdishvillage, where», the hovels were more excava-tions than build-ings ; buffaloes,horses, goats,chickens andhuman beings allfound shelterunder the sameroof ; theirrespectivequarterswerenothingmore than arailing theques-tion ofventila-tionwasnevereventhoughto f, t h eeffect uponmy olfactorynerves uponentering wasanything filth andrags of thesepeople weresomethingabominable ;on accountof the chilliness of the eveningthey had donned their heavier raiment ;this was evidently rags patched on topof other rags for years past until theyhad gradually developed into thick,quilted garments. However, repulsiveas the outlook most assuredly was, Ihad no alternative but to cast my lotamong them till morning. I was conducted into the Sheiksapartment, a small room partitioned off. EXTREMES MEET i52 OUTING FOR NO* EMBER. with a pole from a stable full of horsesand buffaloes, where darkness wasmade visible by the sickly glimmer of agrease lamp. The Sheik was recliningon a mattress in one corner, smokingcigarettes ; a dozen ill-conditioned raga-muffins were squatted about in variousattitudes, while the rag-tag and bobtailof the population crowded into the buf-falo-stable and surveyed me and thebicycle from outside the partition-pole. motioned for me to do the same. Theyaort bowl contained one solitary wood-en spoon, with which they took turnsat eating mouthfuls. One is compel-led to draw the line somewhere, evenunder the most uncompromising cir-cumstances, and I naturally drew itagainst using one spoon in commonwith my present companions. Makingsmall scoops with pieces of bread, Idipped up yaort and ate scoop and all
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