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siumerous, sometimes large sometimes small, with 

 wooden shutters. The 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 Enghsh cathe- 

 drals ; some being pointed, like the Gothic ; others 

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

 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 constantly 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. There 

 are many small mosques, and two of considerable 

 magnitude. Water is scarce ; bat 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 afforded 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 mother of man- 

 kind, which Burckhardt was informed is a rude 

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

 three in height, 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 are 

 stone benches, on which purchasers seat themselves, 

 and where they are sheltered from the sun by an 



