CHAPTER IV

SIWA TOWN

The town — Architecture — Wells — Custom of whitewash — Date Markets — Mosques — School — Shops — Interior of houses — The Roofs — “Dululas” — The Siwan race — Men — Women — Appearance — Clothes — Religious sects — Springs, gardens, irrigation, water rights — Salt lakes — Fever — Spring cleaning — “Sultan Mousa” — A luncheon party — The ceremony of tea — Appetites — Dog eaters — Life of an Englishman in Siwa — Two “cases” — Women witnesses — Bakshish 133