But the leather bottles
keep the water cool.
[Illustration: Arab Water Carrier.]
Some of the Arabs live in towns. They have walls around their towns.
At some parts of the walls there are towers. Both walls and towers are
made of earth.
In every large town they have an open market place with shops around
it. In most of the shops they sell food. In a few of the shops they
sell cotton cloth and other dry goods. Many of the shops are kept by
women.
The streets are swept every day. Every family sweeps the street in
front of its own door.
The houses in the towns are made of stone. They have flat mud roofs
and small windows. The Arabs have no chairs or beds in their houses.
They sit on mats or carpets spread on the floor. They also sleep on
mats.
The chief room in an Arab house is the coffee room. It is a large room
with a furnace or fireplace at one end of it for making coffee.
Many of the Arabs live in tents. They move about from place to place.
Sometimes they cross the desert to come to the towns. They must often
cross it to find water and grass for their horses and camels and sheep.
[Illustration: Arabs and Tent.]
The camel is very useful to the Arabs.
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