The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 36
land which he isprivileged to cultivate, the condition being that he shall enter-tain all travelers who may call, with supper and barley fortheir horses. There is something in this Oriental law of hospitalitywhich goes deeper than the mere duty of providing for thosewho are in need. To eat with an… … A TYPICAL DRAGOMAN. (29) THE HOSPITABLE ARAB. 31 motley crowd of quarrelsome Bedween watering their camels.His cautious Moorish dragoman warned him not to ventureamong those wild Azazimen as he called them; but, notheeding the warning, he rushed in among them, and thereby puthimself upon their…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
