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the women in their walking-out dress look more like 

 bundles of clothes than living human beings (Fig. 22). 

 Custom is so strong that women in these countries 

 would rather expose almost any part of the body 

 than the face. A woman of the Euphrates, if sur- 



FIG. 22. STREET COSTUME OF WOMAN OF TUNIS. 

 (After H. Ploss.) 



prised Jbathing, will turn away her face rather than 

 try to cover her body. In China, again, the women 

 attach most importance to hiding the feet, and can 

 hardly be induced to show the foot even to a doctor 

 when necessary. This privilege is reserved for the 



