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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



AN ORIENTAL SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN 



Eastern lands have their advantages, and among antagonistic races and faiths there are 

 ways of living without offense. Syria has its nozzled jug from which one may drink without 

 touching his lips to the vessel, and here in Udaipur, India, a Brahmin is giving water to a 

 Mohammedan without danger of contamination by either, unless the Brahmin's thumb 

 overreaches the brim of the brass bowl. 



