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CHAP. XIII.] OPENING OF THE CANAL OF CAIRO. 297
my house, on my return from witnessing the cutting
of the dam, and the festivities of the preceding
night (which I passed partly on the river, and
partly on the isle of Er-R6dah), a woman, having
part of her dress, and her face, which was uncovered,
besmeared with mud, passed by my door, screaming
for the loss of her son, who was one of the three
persons drowned on this occasion. The water
entered the Ezbekeeyeh by a new canal, on the
day preceding that on which the dam was cut.
Crowds collected round it on this day, and will for
many following days (I am writing a few days after
the opening of the canal), to enjoy the vieAV of the
large expanse of water, which, though very turbid,
is refreshing to the sight in so dry and dusty a
place as Cairo, and at this hot season of the year.
Several tents are pitched by it, at which visitors
are supplied with coffee ; and one for the sale of
brandy, wine, &c.; and numerous stools and benches
of palm-sticks are set there. The favourite time of
resort to this place is the evening; and many
persons remain there for several hours after sunset:
some, all night. There are generally two or three
story-tellers there. At all hours of the day, and
sometimes even at midnight, persons are seen bathing
in the lake; chiefly men and boys, but also some
young girls, and even women ; the latter of whom
expose their persons before the passengers and idlers
on the banks in a manner surprising in a place
where women in general so carefully conceal even
their faces ; though most of these bathers are usually covered from the waist downwards. It often
happens that persons are drowned here.
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000309 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. XIII.] OPENING OF THE CANAL OF CAIRO. 297 my house, on my return from witnessing the cutting of the dam, and the festivities of the preceding night (which I passed partly on the river, and partly on the isle of Er-R6dah), a woman, having part of her dress, and her face, which was uncovered, besmeared with mud, passed by my door, screaming for the loss of her son, who was one of the three persons drowned on this occasion. The water entered the Ezbekeeyeh by a new canal, on the day preceding that on which the dam was cut. Crowds collected round it on this day, and will for many following days (I am writing a few days after the opening of the canal), to enjoy the vieAV of the large expanse of water, which, though very turbid, is refreshing to the sight in so dry and dusty a place as Cairo, and at this hot season of the year. Several tents are pitched by it, at which visitors are supplied with coffee ; and one for the sale of brandy, wine, &c.; and numerous stools and benches of palm-sticks are set there. The favourite time of resort to this place is the evening; and many persons remain there for several hours after sunset: some, all night. There are generally two or three story-tellers there. At all hours of the day, and sometimes even at midnight, persons are seen bathing in the lake; chiefly men and boys, but also some young girls, and even women ; the latter of whom expose their persons before the passengers and idlers on the banks in a manner surprising in a place where women in general so carefully conceal even their faces ; though most of these bathers are usually covered from the waist downwards. It often happens that persons are drowned here. |
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