Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 739
is. Both of the ladies wear the traditional pagee(pronounce: page-y), the stiff horse-hair veilworn by the women of the higher class of MoslemsJews and Christians throughout Mesopotamia.The veil of the fair sex of Persia is composed ofembroidered white linen or muslin ; that of thewomen of the east… … In their gooffahs they cross, and recross theriver in search of the cosiest palm-tree grovesalong its banks, where they ensconce themselvesin numerous picturesque little groups. Then theyquietly enjoy themselves—men and women smokecomposedly the fragrant narghileh (water-bowl-tobacco-pipe), sip…
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