Chapter XXIII

MY EXPERIENCES AS AN INMATE OF A NATIVE
HOSPITAL 270

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THE SPHINX BY MOONLIGHT _Frontispiece_

WATER MELON SELLER 8

AN ARAB WEDDING PROCESSION 16

A CHEAP RIDE 24

THE KHAN KHALIL, CAIRO 32

SUK ES-SELAH, CAIRO 48

ENTRANCE TO THE HAREEM 56

THE TAKHTABOSH 64

MOSQUE OF MOHAMMED BEY 72

A CAIRENE CAFÉ 80

THE TOMB OF SHEYKH ABD-EL-DEYM 88

ARAB SCHOOL 104

THE BLUE MOSQUE 112

PERSIAN ALMSHOUSES 128

THE STORE OF NASSÁN 136

RETURN OF THE HOLY CARPET 144

A FRUIT-STALL AT BULAK 152

A THEBAN HOMESTEAD 168

THE JACARANDA 176

THE BIRTH COLONNADE IN THE TEMPLE OF
HATSHEPSU 184

THE HAIRDRESSER 192

A MARKET ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT 208

THE TOMBS OF THE KHALIFS 216

THE MOSQUE AT KOSSEIR 232

DOORWAY IN THE TEMPLE OF ISIS 240

POTTERY BAZAAR IN A NILE VILLAGE 264

THE VILLAGE OF MARG 272