The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-05-20
THE PEPSIANS,

NJ. Moricr, in hiI Journey through Persia.
gives the follorst;, de-cti ptloti OF his lo"5s-
ings at Tabriz, and OF the dor,stic habits
Of the native. lfis haoitation belonged to
all Armenian family the head of which was
Aeshish or priest: it consisted OF sever.
al rooms built upon elevated terraces.
looking upon two sides OF a square, beside
several other small unconnected rooms,
situated here and there. A garden was at
tached to it, in which were apple. pear,
cherry walnut, and jujube trees, besides
rose trees. beneath niy chambers were
two underground rcoms; where lived one
of the priests sons and his wife. One OF
the rooms was a magazine for arrack, OF
which the husband was both drlnSsr and
vender. Buta- the prince had prohibited
the sale of this liquor and Of vine, under
very heavy penalties none was sold except
in clandestina manner, and TO pers5.s
well known. The noises that issued from
the adjoining houses were characteristic CT
Persian domestic life. In my immediate
vicinity lived an old morose Persian, who
daily quarrelled with his women and
could distinguish the voice Of one particu.
lar female, whose answers made in taunt.
; in. uueruous tone, did not fall to throw
him into passions SO violent, that they ge.
he, ally terminated in blows, the noise Of
which, accompanied by corresponding lam
entations, could distinctly hear. Then
. bordering On the garden wall, scarce TWEEN.
ty yards from where usually sat. was a
society Of women, FIVE or six in number
the wives and slaves of Mussulman, who
. were either dissolved ia tears, sobbing like
children or entranced in the most indecent
and outrageous merriment. Sometimes the y
;. :, sung in the oudest tone accompanied by q
/! tambourne, and then quarreled among
! themselves, using expressions of no ordi
" :, aary indelcacy. Accident once CAV,
) me view into their yard. where | saw
! three women surrounded with children
: : seated on the bare stones. smoking tn,
= kaleon. They wore large black sill
handkerchief round their heads. chems
which descended as low as the middle,
70 pair OF loose trowsers, and green high heel
J. ed slippers; and this believe maybe con
n sidered as sketch Of every Persian VIC
'e mans dress within the harem, in hot weat
'e er. Bat there are noises peculiar to eve
g, city and country; and none are more dis
e. tnct and characteristic than those Of Pei
in sla. First at the dawn of day the mue2
er Ems are heard in great variety Of tones, cal
le ing the people to prayers, from the top
'e, the mosques these are mixed with I'll
r. sounds OF cow horns, blown by the keeper
ia OF the hummums to inform the women VIII
ry baths before the men, that the baths a,
IN, heated and ready for their reception. III
ch COW horns set all the dogs bowling in
IS frishttul manner the asses Of the tow
$ generally begin to bray about the SAN
he time, and are answered by all those in II
"a neighborhood, thousand cocks then il
he trude their shrill voices which with 9th,
OF subsidiary noises fpersons calling to ca,
"n other, knocking at doors, and cries of chi
nd dren, complete din very unusual to ears
IS European. In the summer season,