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Title: Macedonia, a plea for the primitive
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Goff, A Fawcett, Hugh Alderson
Subjects: Macedonia -- Description and travel Macedonia
Publisher: London : John Lane New York, John Lane company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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brick orplaster, of a simple but effective nature adornsthe top and face. At a few feet from the ground,a rough stone trough receives the water whichis conducted, through the wall, to the outflow byan underground pipe or funnel. Above the out-flow, set in the face of the wall, is a small rectangu-lar panel often fitted with a marble slab bearinga Turkish or Greek inscription on its surface. Whether half hidden in some dark corner orconspicuous by the roadside, these old fountainspossess a quaint interest, and one may readilyappreciate the semi-veneration with which theTurk, in his punctiliousness for ceremonial wash-ing, regards such a monument. Far away inthe uninhabited mountains these beautiful oldmonuments, in the boon they convey to thirstytravellers in a sun-dried wilderness, give a touchof human endeavour, kindliness and even com-panionship. The water supply of Macedonia, except towardsthe end of summer, is abundant, and some of thevillages such as Osman-Kamilla and Ada in the
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? < si VILLAGES 49 Struma Valley have a magnificent artesian supplyunder considerable pressure. In a few scatteredspots, the water is sulphurous and hot ; thesenaturally form the sites of old Turkish or evenRoman baths. Those of Nigrita, Langaza andSedes near Salonika, are well-known—particularlythose of the last-named which are mentioned byearliest historians. In the villages on the plains, in addition tothe common well or fountain, nearly every house-hold possesses a well of its own, sometimesshallow but occasionally deep, narrow and skil-fully constructed. Surrounded by a platform ofstones and shaded by a large tree, many of themhave copings of marble cut deep in course of timeby the constant friction of ropes. The spreadingbranches of the overhanging elm or sycamorefrequently mark the spot chosen for the communalwater supply on account of the welcome shadewhich not only tends to keep the water cool butaffords relief from the scorching sun to those whowait their turn. Here, in

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