The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23

ii. above Cairo la the valley # th%
Nile
The streets cut tuc town 81 al sorfs
of angles Sofu" ar" t"rf haittE"
horses ana one mss 90 gtt d"~h !"
60 through them on foot IN" mus
nav. no facing the Sec
and they are entered only % tpe
doors Of palm wood In some % ~
wider streets ledge have D+rh t1e
along the walls. and upon in
figures lie anu steep oi
cros~Iegged and chat Here anu her"
men squat on the ground. huEging TIE
walls While working away u Ii.i'
trades. noticed several t2lIors faah-
ing gowns a cobbler or so sewing -
yellow slippers. ami also one or Two
~peddlers. There were many iittl" D"Ss
with sore heads closely shaVen. at
sore ayes with flies playing about
them. They stopped and star"l NJ
us,taud as we passed many Af"tA'
with boards scrowlel at u ana ire
camera. There were no women Z"
be seen, although / now ana 'arf
caught q glimpse of shected figures
which ran out IF our a In he
Jewish quarter / saw some bare-t1ceA
girls with earrings as big arouh =
the bottom of Il pint cur. The j. NiSh
men were dressed like Arabs
With the MoorS ut Home.
The town Of Zenaga. which we next
visited. was Of about the same charaC-
Ter ~ Ell Abid. save that its streets
were Il little wider and II Ead 4 DuNi-
l.rse section This ran about q square
slich could not ave covered more
team a quarter OF an acre. nat
seen many u stable yard quite IS
large. Around this were a number or
.-LTf a41.L. III - r1at1n4F rFnEsrti NJ
->r; - shopping and chatting outside
them. Some Of the men were bu%lns
Vol and others sugar n tea. me
average store was not much bigscf
tliln = good-sized dog kennel n the
customers stood in the street as tncS
bargained.
Here we left our horses in charge OF
the soldiers: and. at the suggestion OF
MI. Pascalet. visited one Of the primer
pal citizens, Il merchant of wealth. lie
w!s probably worth $500. We met
our host in the square | have Just r.
ferrcd to and went with him TO his
house. We were told to wait q short
tnnc IN the street OUTSIDE mat ne
might go in and tell his women to go
l., their own quarters as strange men
we're coming.
A ome later the door was
opened. We first enterei a court
yard rooted by the sky and surround
ed by stables. In one stall there was
a loom at which a woman had i''el
weaving q blanket and in anoth"r q
boy was cutting up palm roots 1"r
irewoOd.
This court was surrounded by mud
buildings about forty feet high. The
were of two stories with Il S~allery run
ming rOund the second floor. IflrSe
buildings contained the living rooms Of
the family, all of which faced on the
ra1 y (A,1I -An . orc 1NCn1 bln
for sitting or loafing. the sleepm2
places being on the roof. EXcelt
when the weather is bad all Figuig
sleeps with only h sky for a cover.
and the whole population thus prGc-
tees the open air cure.
Crossing the yard, we We're k Up
to the second floor into What | sup
pose was the best room of the hoHS|.
1t was about twenty feet square. tl.h
a ceiling at least twenty-five fee1 III
height. The walls were whiteWasocl
and the ceiling was decorated WITH
palm leaves dyed red and green. Ine
room seemed well lighted. although it
had only one little window high AZ
in the wall. This had no glaSs AMI Il
was barred with iron. With the sir
gle exception of a rug about as pig
as a bed kuilt there was no furniture.
There was not even q diVan built out
from the wall as in some Moorish
houses. The room was perfectly bare
Tea q la Eiguig.
Nevertheless our host Seeme3 "a
think his house very fine, and doubt
not that he rug was better than these
of many other homes in the town. Ec
motioned us to sit down upon it, and
then fearing that we might not DC
comfortable with u legs under Us ne
had several soap boxes brought ir ana
asked us to sit upon them. We pre-
fprraI tho Cllo After We had faktl.
our seats abCQC a half dozen dark
faced, bearded men, relatives and
friends of our host. came in and Ncrc
introduced to US. They were all Arabs.
and we sat together cross-legged apon
the rug.
After a short tine'a slave appedreC
with a musk melon and a bowl of ripe
dates, fresh from the trees. We III"
them with our fingers as we watched
the man of the house make the tea.
He did this in an odd way. He first
put a handful Of green tea in the pot,
and then a bunch Of green mint leaves
on top. He now filled the pot VIII
Jumps of sugar which he broke with
a tack hammer from a round
loaf as hard as rOck candy. He tGer,
poured on boiling water from a. kettle
brought in by a slave and left the Ii
liquor to steep. AS the sugar melted he
added more from the loaf, and nov
and then put in more mint. tasting the
tea from time TO time until he had It
Just right. He hen poured it care
fully out into little wine glasses, see
ing that each guests glass was fed
to just the same height. When all
We're ever he handle them round W.
drank the tea slowly, chatting as We
did so. Our host then made a secnni
pot and q third, and we each tonlS
three glasses as etiquette prescribes.
The mint gave the tea Il delicious ga
VOr. 1t was not q mint lulep bot Il
sort of mint syrup, and on the whole
1T was about as good as any tea I ha:2
tasted.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
ArgO Red Salmon is good enough
for the tables Of the rich. and chcar
] enough FOR The tabIcS OF The Door.