Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . rn shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The people that live in these countries are generally Moham-medans, and all their customs are very peculiar. They travelacross their deserts on camels. They live a great deal in smoke long pipes and wear very flowing robes. There are many large cities in the Oriental countries, and of these cities are in almost all respects different fromthose of the other
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . rn shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The people that live in these countries are generally Moham-medans, and all their customs are very peculiar. They travelacross their deserts on camels. They live a great deal in smoke long pipes and wear very flowing robes. There are many large cities in the Oriental countries, and of these cities are in almost all respects different fromthose of the other cities of the world. In the following engraving we see a representation of suchshops as they have in Oriental cities. The shops are very small,and they open directly upon the streets. The floor of the shop isquite high, and the shop-keepers sit upon it cross-legged. Theyhave no chairs. The Oriental people never sit on chairs. The shop-keepers keep their goods on shelves, and in boxes anddrawers in the back part of their shops. They sit cross-leggedon the floor in fronts smoking Ions pipes, while they are waiting 88 THE ORIENTAL SHOP-KEEPERS. The taciturn shop-keepers. THE SHOP-KEEPERS for customers. Sometimes they talk together while they smoke,and sometimes they sit in silence, in a dreamy sort of condition,half sleeping, half waking. In the picture we see two shops. In the one on the right arethree shop-keepers. They are all smoking. They are silent. Onthe left there are two shop-keepers. These two are talking to-gether. They have a customer, but they do not seem to be pay-ing much attention to her. They scarcely ever pay much attention to their answer their questions, but generally seem to care very littlewhether their customers buy their goods or not. The thing theyseem to care most about is to have a good time smoking their pipes. THE SEA-SHORE. 89 Walking on the sea-beach. Smooth shores and rough shores. Cliffs. XIX. THE SEA-SHORE. It is very pleasa
Size: 1888px × 1324px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookidharpersstory, bookyear1854
