Show i j T I i ir- ir t I j r l c f L i. i i l. d i. J t J j rJ o 2 I Y Ys s I The tact cheap makes living Persia more pleasant than it would otherwise be and the fact that it can be obtained at all is indicative of the ingenuity of the people of the country The I ground I Is so porous that water percolates percolates per per- through I quickly There are therefore few rivers or lakes from 1 which I I ice can II be obtained I and It Is seldom I so cold In I any par of Persia that Ice of a thickness suitable I tor I packing would form Corm under the direct r rays ys of the sun The Persian obtains his Ice by mal making a 1 shallow pool and building a high wall which will pro pre feet lect It from tram the sun Bun A thin laye layer of or Ice will form this be he floods at al night with water and so ho he goes oes on adding Inch to Inch until he be can cnn cut cul cula cuta a block of at considerable thickness |