I^ANDINCx FROM THF STEAMER: BAGDAD 



"I was paddled ashore from the steamer in a 'goofah,' a queer, coracle-like craft in use 

 here since Jonah's day. A goofah is woven from willows about 6 feet in diameter, is 

 perfectly circular and Ijasket-shaped, and is coated outside with bitumen. Some say Moses 

 was cut adrift in one of these goofahs" (see text, page 546). 



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