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A street drinking-fountain, Damascus.  The lady who is riding en cavalier wears a dark muslin veil, called a mandîl, which quite conceals her features; her outer garment, an izzar, is like a large sheet of fine white calico, and in this she envelopes herself completely.

A street drinking-fountain, Damascus. The lady who is riding en caval...

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