110 WIFE OF THE MASTER OF THE HORSE. 



there, often came to carouse with us, and would 

 frequently send us presents of milk, butter, and 

 eggs. During two or three days that I was un- 

 well, I received boiled rice and other things 

 from her ; she likewise sent a young female slave 

 to shampoo us. She was a Felatah woman about 

 twenty-six years of age, with light complexion 

 and regularly-formed features : she wore armlets 

 of earthenware curiously stained, and brought 

 across the Desert from Tripoli. She also fol- 

 lowed the custom, before alluded to, which pre- 

 vails among the women in this part, of staining 

 the front teeth in the upper and lower jaw with 

 different colours. These blended colours had a 

 most singular appearance. The red colour is 

 used in staining the finger and toe nails : the 

 henna is moistened, and laid to the fingers 

 overnight ; in a few hours it assumes a bright 

 red tinge. 



A Felatah lady has generally ten or twelve 

 waiting-maids, if she pretends to any rank, and 

 the duties of the toilet occupy a much longer 

 time than the most fastidious English belle, 

 though they are celebrated for the importance 

 which they attach to this very necessary duty. 

 Abusettoo had been married some time. It 



