An inestimable benefit are the earthenware
water-vessels (Qulleh), which, formed of a fine,
porous Nile earth, allow the water to continually
filter through. This evaporates as soon as it comes
out to the warm surface, the evaporation pro-
duces cold, as is well known, and, by this simple

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process, the bottles are kept constantly cool, evein
in the warmest days. The water is therefor©
generally cooler than it is to be had inlBurope
during summer. Our food usually consists mostly
of fowls ; as a change, we kill a sheep &om time
to time. There is but little vegetable. Every
meal is ended with a dish of rice, and as a desert,
we have the most excellent yellow melons, or
juicy red water-melons. The dates are also excel-
lent, but are, however, not always to be obtained.
