The Story Teller of the Desert—"Backsheesh!" / or, Life and Adventures in the Orient

by Thomas Wallace Knox

ILLUSTRATIONS

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6. Head Piece............................................[...033]
7. Steamer Day...........................................[...034]
8. The Judge’s First Day at Sea..........................[...035]
9. The Judge’s Second Day at Sea.........................[...036]
10. The Race.............................................[...039]
11. The Judge............................................[...040]
12. A Practical Joke.....................................[...044]
13. Head Piece...........................................[...048]
14. Fraternizing.........................................[...050]
15. Eternal Friendship...................................[...051]
16. Proof of the Affray..................................[...052]
17. Avenging an Insult...................................[...054]
18. “I must have a Duel”.................................[...055]
19. An Imperial Wine Cellar..............................[...060]
20. Head Piece...........................................[...063]
21. “Salt by Yer”........................................[...068]
22. The Snoring Match....................................[...069]
23. The Doubter..........................................[...071]
24. A Turkish “Hamal”....................................[...073]
25. Tail Piece...........................................[...077]
26. Head Piece...........................................[...078]
27. Among the Fleas......................................[...079]
28. A Toilet in Public...................................[...082]
29. “Natives of the Country”.............................[...085]
30. Precautionary Measures...............................[...086]
31. “She is a Jewess”....................................[...089]
32. The Palace Tshiragan.................................[...091]
33. Head Piece...........................................[...093]
34. Shirking the Cemetery................................[...097]
35. “Fresh Paint”........................................[...100]
36. Driving a Bargain....................................[...104]
37. A Night at Baidar....................................[...106]
38. Caught in the Act....................................[...108]
39. Tail Piece...........................................[...109]
40. Head Piece...........................................[...110]
41. Putting in his “Best Licks”..........................[...112]
42. “Backsheesh”.........................................[...113]
43. An Impressive Scene..................................[...116]
44. Constantinople from the Tower of Golata—Full.......[...116]
45. Head Piece...........................................[...123]
46. A Street in Constantinople...........................[...124]
47. Strategy.............................................[...126]
48. The Reconnoitre......................................[...129]
49. The Retreat..........................................[...130]
50. A Damas-cussed Dog...................................[...131]
51. Stowing the Sandwiches...............................[...132]
52. Admiring the Mosque..................................[...132]
53. A Sudden Attack......................................[...132]
54. The Pursuit..........................................[...133]
55. A Hopeless Chase.....................................[...133]
56. “Retrospection”......................................[...134]
57. Tail Piece...........................................[...135]
58. Headpiece............................................[...135]
59. A Sedan Chair........................................[...136]
60. A Turkish Beauty.....................................[...137]
61. An Importunate Moslem................................[...143]
62. Extorting “Backsheesh”...............................[...144]
63. Head Piece...........................................[...145]
64. End of the Fast and Beginning of the Feast..........[...146]
65. “Good-Bye, my Friend, Good-Bye”......................[...148]
66. A Turkish “Cavass”...................................[...149]
67. Head Piece...........................................[...153]
68. Moslems at Prayer....................................[...154]
69. “Bismillah”.........................................[...155]
70. The “Duplicate”......................................[...157]
71. Muezzin announcing the Hour of Prayer................[...158]
72. An Oriental Boot Jack................................[...160]
73. Fartha, or Opening Chapter of the Koran..............[...163]
74. Tail Piece...........................................[...165]
75. Head Piece...........................................[...166]
76. A Whirling Dervish...................................[...170]
77. Effect of too much Whirling..........................[...171]
78. Howling as a Profession..............................[...173]
79. Homopathic Treatment.................................[...175]
80. Head Piece...........................................[...177]
81. Some of the Brothers of Far-Away Moses...............[...178]
82. Interviewing a Purser................................[...184]
83. Head Piece...........................................[...187]
84. Head Piece...........................................[...197]
85. View of Athens and the Acropolis.....................[...199]
86. The Decline of Greece................................[...201]
87. Greek Priest of Modern Times.........................[...204]
88. “Doing” the Ruins....................................[...206]
89. Tail Piece..........................................[...212]
90. Head Piece...........................................[...213]
91. Sending Up the Ear of a Victim.......................[...217]
92. Head Piece..........................................[...225]
93. Pickling the “Doubter”...............................[...229]
94. “Backsheesh!” “Backsheesh!”..........................[...231]
95. Head Piece...........................................[...236]
96. Inspecting the Crew..................................[...241]
97. Bad “Backsheesh.”—“It was Counterfeit”..............[...243]
98. St. Jean D’Acre—Full Paye...........................[...249]
99. A Tricky Beast.......................................[...254]
100. Beyrout and the Mountains of Lebanon—Full Page.....[...257]
101. “Mou Dieu! Is this the Party for Damascus?”.........[...262]
102. Head Piece..........................................[...264]
103. The Cedars of Lebanon—Full Page....................[...265]
104. Cedar of Lebanon....................................[...270]
105. Great Stone at Baalbek..............................[...272]
106. Portal of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek..........[...275]
107. Court of a House in Damascus........................[...279]
108. Moslem Women Weeping at a Tomb......................[...282]
109. Syrian Jew with Phylactery..........................[...285]
110. A Money Changer in the Bazaar.......................[...288]
111. Flat Roofed Houses—Damascus........................[...291]
112. Abd-el-Kader........................................[...293]
113. We “Strip to ze buff”...............................[...296]
114. “You will have all ze luxuries”.....................[...296]
115. We Enter “Ze Bain Beautiful”........................[...297]
116. One of the Luxuries.................................[...297]
117. Softening the Asperities............................[...298]
118. A Not One...........................................[...298]
119. “What is Curlew?”...................................[...305]
120. A Bedouin Encampment................................[...308]
121. A Bedouin of the Desert.............................[...309]
122. The Terror of the Desert on his Arabian Charger.....[...311]
123. Enins of Palmyra—Full Page.........................[...315]
124. Hebron—Full Page...................................[...319]
125. Mount Carmel—Full Page.............................[...323]
126. An Inhabited Boot,..................................[...325]
127. Ploughing in Syria,.................................[...332]
128. All that remains of Capernaum,......................[...334]
129. “Backsheesh! O Howadji!”............................[...335]
130. The Sea of Tibenas—Full Page.......................[...337]
131. Magdala,............................................[...339]
132. Unhorsing the “Doubter,”............................[...342]
133. Nazareth—Full Page.................................[...345]
134. Jeivs of Nazareth—Full Page........................[...349]
135. A Syrian Water Bearer,..............................[...353]
136. Jerusalem and Surrounding Country—Full Page........[...359]
137. Sidon—Full Page....................................[...365]
138. Tyre,...............................................[...368]
139. Tail Piece,.........................................[...369]
140. Jaffa—Full Page....................................[...371]
141. Our Dragoman, Ali Soloman,.........................[...374]
141. “Backsheesh,”.......................................[...376]
143. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives—Full Page.......[...377]
144. Ancient Arch; Portion of the Haram Wall,............[...380]
145. A Street in Jerusalem,.............................[...381]
146. Arched Street and Fountain, Jerusalem,..............[...382]
147. Jdrindpal Street of Jerusalem—Full Page............[...383]
148. The Golden Gate, Jerusalem,........................[...386]
149. Interior of the Golden Gate,........................[...387]
150. Site of the Temple, Jerusalem,......................[...388]
151. Ancient Signet Ring,................................[...389]
152. Ancient Signet Ring,................................[...389]
153. Exploring the Substructions,........................[...390]
154. Underground—Beneath the City of Jerusalem..........[...391]
155. The Valley of Jehoshapliat,.........................[...393]
156. Wailing Place of the Jews, Jerusalem,...............[...394]
157. Walls of the Church of the Presentation—Full Page..[...395]
158. Bethlehem—Full Page...............................[...399]
159. Chinch of the Nativity, Bethlehem—Full Page........[...405]
160. Monastery of Mar Saba—Full Page....................[...409]
161. A Formidable Escort,................................[...414]
162. Bathing Place of the Pilgrims on the Jordan.........[...417]
163. The “Doubter’s” Mishap,.............................[...420]
164. The Mount of Olives—Full Page......................[...423]
165. Pool of Hezekiah,...................................[...426]
166. West Door, Church of the Holy Sepulchre.............[...427]
167. Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Full Page.............[...429]
168. The Fountain of the Virgin,.........................[...433]
169. Doubter’—Sixpence,”................................[...436]
170. Jaffa Orange Seller,................................[...438]
171. Tail Piece,.........................................[...439]
172. Water Bearers at the Railway Station, Cairo,........[...447]
173. Praying in the Streets of Cairo,....................[...448]
174. Cairo—Full Page....................................[...449]
175. Massacre of the Mamalukes—Full Page................[...455]
176. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt,.....................[...458]
177. A Tough One,........................................[...459]
178. Head Piece..........................................[...468]
179. Tombs of the Sultans—Cairo—Full Page...............[...469]
180. “O Ye Thirsty,”.....................................[...472]
181. Children Bread Sellers in the Streets of Cairo,....[...473]
182. Mosque of the Sultan Hassan, at Cairo—Full Page....[...475]
183. Young Street Arabs of Cairo,........................[...477]
184. Shoe Peddler in the Bazaar,.........................[...479]
185. Latticed Windows—Cairo,............................[...480]
186. An Auctioneer in the Bazaars,.......................[...485]
187. A Syce,............................................[...489]
188. Donkey Drivers of Cairo—Full Page..................[...491]
189. Not up to the Dodge,................................[...494]
190. An Egyptian Eunuch,.................................[...496]
191. An Arab School—Full Page...........................[...503]
192. Ceremony of the Doseh,..............................[...510]
193. A Shadoof for Drawing Water from the Nile..........[...515]
194. Climbing the Pyramid,...............................[...518]
195. The Ascent of the Judge,............................[...520]
196. An Arab Feat,......................................[...522]
197. The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh...........[...523]
198. A Nile Boat.........................................[...530]
199. The Serapeum—Memphis—Full Page.............[...........537]
200. Landing Place at Beni-Soef—Full Page..............[...545]
201. Sugar Cane Seller at Minieh,.......................[...549]
202. An Inconvenient Position,...........................[...552]
203. Siout—Upper Egypt—Full Page.......................[...555]
204. “Nargeeleh,”........................................[...557]
205. Siout Egg Merchant,.................................[...558]
206. Egyptian Gamblers,..................................[...559]
207. “Aoz, Eh?”..........................................[...663]
208. “Dusting” for “Backsheesh,”.........................[...566]
209. An Egyptian Ghawazee,...............................[...569]
210. Ghawazee and Musicians,.............................[...570]
211. An Egyptian Musician,...............................[...574]
212. Egyptian Water Carriers Filling their Jars..........[...575]
213. Ruins of the Temple of Denderah, Upper Egypt........[...579]
214. Entrance to the Temple of Luxor.....................[...587]
215. The Memnonlum and the Ruined Statue.................[...593]
216. Sitting Colossi,....................................[...595]
217. A Fresh One.........................................[...599]
218. Interior of a Harem.................................[...601]
219. A Murderous Assault,................................[...607]
220. A Nubian Belle,.....................................[...609]
221. A Nubian Lady.......................................[...610]
222. An Egyptian Sakfdeh, Drawing Water from the Nile....[...611]
213. All Affectionate Beast..............................[...613]
214. Luxuries of Camel Riding............................[...615]
225. Egyptian God Osiris.................................[...617]
226. Egyptian Goddess Isis...............................[...618]
227. Island of Phike, or Sacred Island—Full Page........[...619]
218. Sacred Lotus of the Egyptians—Full Page............[...627]
219. Modern Egyptian Gristmill...........................[...630]
230. A Nubian Warrior....................................[...632]
231. Papyrus of the Egyptians—Full Page.................[...633]
231. Biting the Dust.....................................[...641]
233. Women of Cairo—Full Page...........................[...655]
234. Bread Seller in the Streets of Cairo................[...659]
235. A Lady of the Harem.................................[...662]
236. An Egyptian Barber..................................[...665]
237. Alexandria—Full Page...............................[...671]
238. Court of a House in Egypt,..........................[...673]
239. A Bedouin Encampment near Cairo,....................[...675]
240. The Madonna Tree,...................................[...676]
241. Boot Blacks of Cairo,...............................[...679]
242. Mosque of Sultan Berkook, and Fountain of Ismail....[...682]
243. Modern Egyptian Oven,...............................[...683]
244. Palace of the Viceroy, near Alexandria—Full Page...[...689]

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