ABSTRACT
In the morning, our canvas was down, along the landward side of our boats; so that the people on shore could not pry. It was pleasant, however, to play the spy upon them. There were many donkeys and gay groups of their owners, just above the boat. On the one hand, were a company of men washing clothes in the river under a picturesque old wall: and on the other, boat-builders diligently at work on the shore. The Arab artisans appear to work well. The hammers of these boat-builders were going all day and the tinman, shoemakers, and others whom I observed in the bazaars, appeared dexterous and industrious.
