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“Why do they not all die of blood poi- 
soning ?” 
The French quarter of Kairowan is 
built outside the walls, and consists of a 
station, two hotels, the house of the 
“controleur civile,” the post-office, and 
the houses of the various officials. Kai- 
rowan has a population of over 20,000; 
but, owing to the life in the streets, a 
stranger would say twice as many in- 
habitants. 
THE ARABS ARE LOVERS OF JASMINE 
The souks resemble those of Tunis on 
a smaller scale, and are picturesque. The 
end of June, about the time the sun sets 
countless Arabs carry about in - large, 
platter - shaped baskets small packages 
wrapped in fig leaves—“jasmine; sweet, 
fragrant jasmine.” Every Arab, rich 
and poor, day laborer or native prince, 
stops and buys for 10 centimes (2 cents) 
a small package, made of a fig leaf folded 
over three times and fastened together 
by a straw of esparto grass. On open- 
ing, an exquisite perfume exhales and 
one finds a large bunch of jasmine buds 
of delicate pink. The moisture of the 
fig leaves keeps them absolutely fresh 
and the buds from opening. 
A blacksmith, busy at his forge, will 
stop shoeing a mule to run out and buy 
a big bunch of jasmine. He will fasten 
the stem in his turban or over his ear 
and return to his work, singing in a 
quaint minor key, and the words are: 
“We render thanks to Allah for send- 
ing rain to make the crops grow and the 
flowers to bloom.” 
The youth apprenticed to the black- 
