Blake diary, 1917-1919 / Frank Blake - Page 81
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[Page 81]
Friday Aug 10th
Visited the famous Mouskey or better known perhaps as the Bazaars. The Mouskey proper is the main street going from Ataba-el Khadra the tram junction right up on to the Desert to the hills & Caliph Tombs. The Bazaars are called by various names & lead off into many little streets & blind alleys. We saw the Goldsmiths Bazaar & Silver Bazaar where Gold & Silver is beaten & turned into various articles, a few steps further on one comes to the brass work carved & plain. All sorts of Jewels whether genuine or otherwise I do not know but they looked genuine to us. We saw the Sudan Bazaar where we saw Ivory Ostrich Plumes & Animal skins. We passed into the scent Bazaar from here to where they were weaving silk. Boys of tender years work in this ill ventilated hole. Anything from a