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 448
ly touch their mouths, THERE ARE TURKS AND TURKS. 419 caiTving their hands to their foreheads. If the equality is not thesame, the lower inclines the liead and body, and in saluting theinferior class one is bound to place the right hand on the heart;but in the presence of a high dignitary it is… … MOHAMMEDANS AT THEIR DEVOTIONS. ship. They rarely demand of one another the news of thefamily, and never ask about the women; the laws forbid themen to salute the women. Perhaps the most virtuous, certainly the most harmless,people of the Turkish stock are the Yakuts of Siberia. Theyare exceedingly…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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