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Show ! Bazaars i - Streets In the bazaar districts of 'Asiatic cities are only 8 to 10 feet wide. The larger shops are 8 by 10 and the smaller ones 5 by 6 feet, with one side giving directly on the street. In each bazaar there is a . khan for every 10 or 12 shops. These khans are two stories high with an . : open court In the center and rooms on tt four sides, all opening Into the court , A door leads from the open court into the street Each bazaar has a coffee shop, which is a large open place, covered partly by a roof, where nre a number of wooden settees ranged in rows. Anv visitor who sits down 1? first given cupful of Turkish coffee and then narghile or native pipe filled with Shrlza t .bacco. The charge for coffee and the use of the pl is 2 cents. Here merchants gither to discus trade bills. ; , . |