For a description of these ornaments, see the Appendix. Footnote 290: One of the most common of the feats witnessed on such an occasion is the performance of a laborious task by a water-carrier, termed a “keiyim,” who, for the sake of a present, and this empty title, carries a water-skin filled with sand and water, of greater weight, and for a longer period, than any of his brethren will venture to do; and this he must accomplish without ever sitting down, except in a crouching position, to rest. In the case of a bridal procession which I lately witnessed, the keiyim began to carry his burden, a skin of sand and water weighing about two hundred pounds, at sunset of the preceding day; bore it the whole night, and the ensuing day, before and during the procession, and continued to do so till sunset. Footnote 291: A correct description of this is given in Burckhardt’s “Arabic Proverbs,” pp. 115, 116. Footnote 292: Grand zeffehs are sometimes accompanied by a number of cars, each bearing a group of persons of some manufacture or trade performing the usual work of their craft; even such as builders, white-washers, etc.; including members of all, or almost all, the arts and manufactures practised in the metropolis. Footnote 293: Hence this kind of prayer is called “salah memáleekeeyeh,” or “the prayer of memlooks.” Footnote 294: Sometimes, when the parties are persons of wealth, the bride is displayed before the bridegroom in different dresses, to the number of seven. Footnote 295: I beg to refer the reader, if he desire further details on this subject, to page 117 of Burckhardt’s “Arabic Proverbs.” His account might have been more complete; but he seems to have studied to be particularly concise in this case. Footnote 296: Kur-án, chap. lxi., ver. 13. Footnote 297: A khäwal is also called “gháïsh”; plural, “gheeyásh.” Footnote 298: This performance is called the bride’s “sabáheeyeh.” Footnote 299: Among the peasants of Upper Egypt, the relations and acquaintances of the bridegroom and bride meet together on the day after the marriage; and while a number of the men clap their hands, as an accompaniment to a tambourine or two, and any other instruments that can be procured, the bride dances before them for a short time. She has a head-veil reaching to her heels, and a printed cotton handkerchief completely covering her face, and wears, externally, the most remarkable of her bridal garments (mentioned by Burckhardt, in the place before referred to, and, in some parts of Egypt, hung over the door of a peasant’s house after marriage). Other women, similarly veiled, and dressed in their best, or borrowed, clothes, continue the dance about two hours, or more. Footnote 300: Thus commonly pronounced, for “hamáh,” a word derived from the verb “hama,” “he protected, or guarded.” Footnote 301: Chap. xxiv. ver. 31. Footnote 302: