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Show . . . .--... ... i . . IN HOUSES OF CORNSTALK Primitive Dwelling Places Tht Are Occupied by th Poorest Class of Egyptian Peasant. On ths outskirts of Alexandria we passed numerous groups of Bedouins,-camping Bedouins,-camping by the side of the Mahmou-dish Mahmou-dish canal. Out Id the fields men and women, dressod alike in the loose cotton cot-ton gown of ths country, were busily at work. The fields were dotted with curious doorless structures mado ot cornstalks. They are used as temporary tempo-rary homes at certain seasons ot the year, as, for Instance, when the crops are being gathered. Later on I entered one, and found it to be not more than firs feet square; one could not stand upright inside. The place contained nothing but a few Jars and cooking utensils. In tho winter the occupants wrap themselves up In their clothes at night, covering the heads also, but leaving the feet bare. The hut I saw was occupied by a man and his son. These peoplo, ot course, are the fellaheen fel-laheen tho peasants tho puro Egyptian Egyp-tian of the poorest class Christian Hereald. |