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On entering I found that day had been employed in 
whitewashing its walls, and covering the floors of all 
the rooms with a bed of plaister two or three inches 
thick, which was not yet dry. I thanked them, how- 
ever, for the pains they had taken in embellishing my 
habitation, and at the same time could not help admir- 
ing the rare simplicity of the manners of a people who 
content themselves with such humble dwellings, and 
who do not seem even to know the use of windows to 
their houses. Their rooms receive their light and air 
from the door of a gallery which runs into the yard. 
Notwithstanding these great inconveniencies, such was 
my desire, I may say my extreme need, of being left to 
myself and at my ease, that I received my lodging as 
a favour, and immediately shut myself up in it. I slept 
that night on a mat, under a woollen blanket, making a 
pillow of my portmanteau. 
The next morning, Friday 1st July, the furniture of 
my house was purchased. It consisted of some mats to 
cover the floor and part of the walls; some carpets, a 
mattrass, cushions, and such utensils as were most ne- 
cessary. 
The dress of the Moors is very little known in Eu- 
rope, because when they visit it, they generally make 
Use of the barbaric costume of the Algerine Turks. The 
Moor never covers his legs. He wears nothing but 
very clumsy yellow slippers without heels; and the prin- 
cipal article of his clothing is a piece of large white 
woollen, called hhaik, with which he covers himself 
from head to foot. As I was desirous of dressing like 
other people, I sacrificed my stockings and my pretty 
Turkish slippers^ and wrapped myself up in a very 
large hhaik, exposing my legs and feet to the atmos- 
phere, with the exception of my toes, which entered my 
enormous heavy slippers. 
