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numerous, sometimes largo sometimes smnll, \vith 

 wooden shutters. Tlie bow-windows exhibit a great 

 display of joiners' and carpenters' work, which is 

 often painted with the most gaudy colours. Travel- 

 lers have been struck with the resemblance between 

 the arches at Jidda and those in the English catlie- 

 drals ; some being pointed, like the Gothic ; others 

 flat, and retiring one within another, like the SaxoD. 

 The most respectable inhabitants have their resi- 

 dence near the sea, where a long street running 

 parallel to the shore appears lined with shops, and 

 presents many khans constant^ and exclusively 

 frequented by the merchants. The pasha's palace 

 is delightfully situated on the water's edge ; yet the 

 edifice itself is rather paltry than handsome, Tliero 

 are many small mosques, and two of considerable 

 magnitude. Water is scarce ; but in all the public 

 places there are persons who sell it in glasses, and 

 have near them a small chafing-dish, in which they 

 burn incense and aromatics ; by this means the air 

 is constantly perfumed. The same custom is ob- 

 served in the khans, shops, and even private houses. 

 The markets are well supplied ; but vegetables and 

 other provisions require to be brought from a dis- 

 tance, there being no gardens near the town or 

 verdure of any kind, except such as is aflbrded by a 

 few shrubs and date-trees. Beyond the gate is held 

 the market for corn, cattle, wood, charcoal, and 

 fruits. Eastward lies the principal burying-ground, 

 containing the sepulchres of several sheiks : here, 

 too, is shown the tomb of Eve, the motlier of man- 

 kind, whicl\ Burckhardt was informed is a rude 

 structure of stone, about four feet in length, two or 

 three in heigrht, and as many in breadth. The prin- 

 cipal commercial street of Jidda has a vast number 

 of shops, which, as in all parts of Turkey, are raised 

 several feet above the ground ; before them aro 

 stone benches, on which purchasers seat themselves, 

 and where they are sheltered from the sun by an 



