IN THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO among the peasants of Egypt to own watches. They want a cheap article, and in many cases buy a fresh watch every year. As a result the Swiss and Germans have been flooding the country with poor movements, put up in fancy German silver, nickel, and gun-metal cases, and are selling them at two dollars and upward apiece. They are not equal to our timepieces which sell at one dollar. Some of these watches are advertised as of Ameri¬ can make, and sell the quicker on that account. I doubt not that a good American watch would sell well and dis¬ place the poor stuff now sent in by the Swiss. In one bazaar only brass articles are shown, while in another nothing but rugs are sold. The Persian Bazaar and the Turkish Bazaar are managed by men of these nations.

In fact, wandering through the business parts of Cairo, one can see types of every oriental people on the globe.

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