Note 399 — ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL.[376]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Mr. Payne quotes Eugène Fromentin, “Un Eté dans le Sahara,” Paris, 1857, p. 194. Apricot drying can be seen upon all the roofs at Damascus where, however, the season for each fruit is unpleasantly short, ending almost as soon as it begins.