...says, " It is the custom in almost all the East for the women to wear rings in their noses, in the nostril, which is bored low down in the middle. These...and have commonly two pearls and one ruby between them, placed in the ring ; I never saw a girl or young woman in Arabia, or in all Persia, who did not...

...their noses, in the left nostril, which is | bored low down j in the middle. | These rings are of j gold, and have ' commonly two pearls and one ruby between, placed in the ring."— Chardin. Ge. xxiv. 22. d Ru. iii. 15. "The one thing which a maiden | most easily for, 1 gets is how...

...delights to Orientals. Harmer tells us " In almost all the East the women wear rings in their noses, in the left nostril, which is bored low down in the...between, placed in the ring. I never saw a girl or young woman, in Arabia or Persia, who did not wear a ring after this manner in her nostril." Layard describes...