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`` Another impression one quickly notices is that the extremes of riches and poverty are not seen among the people , for there are no very rich or very poor ; everyone having all the necessary comforts of life and many of its luxuries . `` After staying a week at the Menegam , I felt I was prepared to adopt the customs of the people of Tiestan ; so I engaged a room and board at the Eshandam , or Natives ' Home . Most of those who stop at the Eshandam are natives who live in the province of Tiestan , they having come to Semhee either on business or pleasure . Only two meals a day are served : Breakfast from 7.30 to 9 a.m. , and dinner from the hours of 1 to 3 p.m. `` I arrived in time for dinner . Persons staying at the Eshandam are all looked upon while there as members of one family , and it becomes the duty of the manager to see that all persons sitting at the same table have been introduced . It would be considered a breach of etiquette to eat the meal quickly and in silence . I never was in a hotel dining room where there seemed to be so much freedom and enjoyment among the guests while taking their meals .