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Title: By the waters of Carthage
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lorimer, Norma Octavia, 1864-
Subjects: Tunisia -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Hutchinson
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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customers to sit on and for idlers toenjoy their rest ; for the native Tunisian does not onlygo to the bazaar to shop or to do his business, it is hisclub and home during the daytime. So these seats,especially at the perfumers shops, are the favouritegossiping-stools, and are rarely unoccupied. If theTunisian had to state in Whds Who what his principalplaces of amusement and attraction were, I feel sure hewould say his barbers, his Turkish bath, and his coffee-house—and these are all inside the bazaars. When theowner of a shop or a youthful apprentice wishes to enterit, he catches hold of a rope which hangs just over thefront counter (if it has one) and swings himself up anddrops like a bird into his well-lined nest. But to-night, being the Prophets birthday, the peoplenever left the bazaar, and soon after sundown every seatand shop was full to overflowing with men of all ranksand ages. Grandfathers sat on the floors of theirvarious well-stocked stores, their laps full of darling X
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Photo Ganigues, Tunis. A STREET IN THE BAZAAR OF TUNIS. Chapter III 29 little boys dressed in the gayest of satins and richest ofembroideries, aristocratic little miniatures of their dignifiedparents, while the younger men loafed elegantly aboutthe narrow streets. I wanted to steal every one of thechildren, but Bachir warned me not to praise them openly,and never to compliment an Arab parent on the beautyor healthiness of his child ; this, it appears, is one of theirstrongest superstitions. If you unknowingly praise anArabs child, he will quickly raise his five fingers and say Bismillah ! to ward off the evil eye. I have got quiteaccustomed to that word already, as it is the exclamationalways used to keep off the ever-present evil eye. Every-thing is really very topsy-turvy to the English mind.It is said, though I have not tried it, if you spat ona childs face you would be doing its father an honour,but if you asked after his wife you would deeply insulthim. Spittle seems to have magi

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