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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1

Note 336 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. (continued 3)

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

I need hardly say that in the East, where bells are unused, clapping the hands summons the servants. In India men cry "Quy hye" (Koi hái?) and in the Brazil whistle "Pst!" after the fashion of Spain and Portugal.

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