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PLACES VISITED

Date
Place Port Said

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bargaining between passengers and boatmen for rugs, bags, basketwork, cushions and many other gaudy bits and pieces. Each boat was brightly painted and had its own lamp for illuminating the wares and usually two or three swarthy, villainous looking Egyptians to bargain with. When a satisfactory price to both parties was agreed on, the object to be bought was tied to a rope together with a bag [for deleted]and all hauled up on deck, where the "lucky" customer untied t he rope and sent the right money back in the basket to the boatman. Little bundles of goods were continually ascending and descending whilst I was there and the boatmen must have had good trade during our few hours