Youths, preceded by drummers and clarionet-players, wander through the streets laying all the shop-keepers under contribution for subscriptions; the well-to-do householder sets to building a 'sabil' or charity-fountain in one corner of his verandah or on a site somewhat removed from the fairway of traffic; while a continuous stream of people afflicted by the evil-eye flows into the courtyard of the Bara Imam Chilla near the Nal Bazaar to receive absolution from the peacock-feather brush and sword there preserved.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
The distance from shore to shore at the nearest point is about forty miles, the two Diomede Islands and fairway Rock being situated about half-way across.
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt
fairway rock, a little way east of Ratmanoff island, is not inhabited.
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt