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CHAP. VII.] TURKI HOSPITALITY. 167

who was helping us, leaving the boy in 'the

cart.

The Turk showed us into a most comfort-

able room, made of mud only, but looking

clean for all that. A kind of dado of chintz

had been arranged round the walls, which

brightened up the place. On the kang,

piles of felts and bedding were rolled up.

There were two fireplaces in the room, hut no

chimney, the smoke going out through a hole

in the roof. All sorts of household utensils

were hung round the walls, and some mutton

and herbs were hanging from a rafter. Every-

thing was clean and neatly arranged, and there

was no smell. It was a far superior room to

those which are inhabited by the same class of

men in an Indian village. My host bustled

about to get some bedding ready for me, and

brought me some tea, after which I turned in

sharp, as I was very tired.

Early the next morning the cart was got out

of the rut. I gave twenty-five cents to each of

the five men who had helped us, and presented

my host with some tea, sugar, candles, and

matches. He was delighted, and salaamed

profusely ; the old lady of the house bowed

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