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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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lemon-trees, oleanders, androse-bushes which reachedthe height of the pear-treesof temperate zones. In thecenter was a clear pool andgoldfish, and a fountainsplashing with that cool,moist sound so agreeable intorrid regions. Upon a stone platformnear the pool a large num-ber of cushions had beenplaced, leaving an openspace in their midst. Uponthese cushions the lads—weak and trembling fromtheir long fast —now threw themselves, as directed by the kaid, and waited aspatiently as they could. Presently, through a gateway at the end of thegarden, a line of Sudanese servants, clad in white,appeared; they were large, strong fellows, andeach one bore in front of him a kind of platform,like the top of a circular table with the legs gone;on each of these huge trays was a cone-like cover, like a Swiss beehive; and the boys felt theirmouths water, as they noted that each of theseplaited straw covers sent out through its creviceslittle shreds of steam. That looks something like, Achmed! ejacu-
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N THE LONG, HARD RIDE TO RABAT. lated Ted, who could almost have cried with hun-ger. The slaves set down their luscious burdens,and stood a few moments, flicking away the flieswhich hovered around the steaming food. Nowentered the khalifa, a young man of twenty-five;and the usual greetings were exchanged by all,and the khalifa seated himself between Ted andthe kaid, and clapped his hands lightly. 9°) THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO 1101 At once the feast began. Four of the Sudaneseslaves advanced, each with a flagon of water anda basin; and Ted, following the example of hishost, received the stream of water upon his righthand—and right hand only —as the slave pouredit from the flagon and caught it in the basin.The right hand is the one solely used in Moroccoin eating at a formal feast. The nearest beehive tray was now brought for-ward, the cover removed, and Ted beheld a largeglazed earthenware dish filled with a rich gravy,in which floated three roasted chickens. Then theirhost, pro

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