XIX. —PUBLIC DANCERS 347 XX. —SERPENT-CHARMERS AND PERFORMERS OF LEGERDEMAIN 352 TRICKS, ETC. XXI. —PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES 359 XXII. —PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES, _continued_ 367 XXIII. —PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES, _continued_ 380 XXIV. —PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC. (THOSE OF THE FIRST 391 THREE MONTHS OF THE MUSLIM YEAR) XXV. —PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC., _continued_. 421 (THOSE OF THE FOURTH AND FOLLOWING MONTHS OF THE MUSLIM YEAR) XXVI. —PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC., _continued_. 451 (THOSE OF THE SOLAR YEAR) XXVII. —PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC. 463 XXVIII. —DEATH AND FUNERAL RITES 473 SUPPLEMENT. I. —THE COPTS 489 II. —THE JEWS OF EGYPT 512 III. —OF LATE INNOVATIONS IN EGYPT 515 APPENDIX A. FEMALE ORNAMENTS 519 APPENDIX B. EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS 532 APPENDIX C. PRAYER OF MUSLIM SCHOOL-BOYS 536 LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. The Doseh (see p. 416) _Frontispiece_. Private Houses in Cairo Facing page 5 Court of a Private House in Cairo ” ” 9 A Käah ” ” 16 Men of the Middle and Higher Classes ” ” 25 A Lady in the Dress worn in private ” ” 33 A Woman of the Southern Province of Upper Egypt ” ” 42 (sketched at Thebes) Parade previous to Circumcision ” ” 48 Bridal Procession (Part I.) ” ” 150 Bridal Procession (Part II.) ” ” 152 Shops in a Street in Cairo ” ” 289 Shop of a Turkish Merchant ” ” 293 The Shádoof ” ” 300 A Sha′er, with his accompanying Violist ” ” 359 Funeral Procession ” ” 477 Sketch of a Tomb with the Entrance uncovered ” ” 484 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. PAGE