A PREMIER DINES
Far rem'orcd from the ceremonial banquets of which the British Prime Minister must recently have felt a surfeit in the Western world, is his account of an Arab feast appearing in, the "Graphic." The scene, is a. tent in the Great Sahara, the floor covered by, carpets, of local' make, in white, red, and blue. Bound a table three or four inches high the host —the Bach-Agha of tho district—and his guests squatted on long rolls of cushions in gay dyes. "The piece de resistance," says Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, "was the roast sheep brought in with ceremony by a huge negro, and placed in the middle of the table in a great tin dish. The BachAgha first broke the neck, and with the invocation, 'Bisinillah!' set us tho example to fall to, using our fingers to. pick the flesh. When the coffee came, the old man produced a pipe for himself and cigars for us, and we sat enjoying the flavours of life, nursing our knees."
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 17
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170A PREMIER DINES Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 17
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