ratchetty

Updated: May 1, 2025

Morning and evening the imprisoned pee-wit awakens the echoes with his ratchetty call, and every sunset is commemorated by the sincerely plaintive utterances of the muezzin mentioned above. Thus the days of my detention pass away, until the ninth day after my arrival here.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II : From Teheran To Yokohama