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They were naturally much interested in the first European woman they had ever seen, and giggled a great deal as they stared at me, evidently picking me well to pieces in their whispered comments to one another. The carpets being woven were, alas, of a hideous European pattern, the familiar one of scarlet roses on a black ground, which may be seen in any cottage parlour in England, and as they were of very fine texture, their manufacture was exceedingly slow. Threads of twine were stretched tigh...tly, close together and several deep, across a frame, and on to 156 THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDESADDLE these the wool was worked with a steel-toothed comb, two women sitting at each carpet, weaving from the sides and meeting in the middle. They knew the pattern by heart, and every few moments a hank of wool of a fresh colour had to be used, as the design progressed imperceptibly, although the women worked with incredible speed. The usual istakbal, a small body of horsemen in this case, was in readiness to escort us to the tree-embowered village of Rah bur.
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