Peasant life in the Holy Land . X c < Ed. IRRIGATION 221 they turn over, discharge their contents into alarge cistern, the bottom of which is at a somewhathigher level than the surface of the ground, andfrom which a number of cemented conduits orchannels conduct the water to every part of thegarden. The whole apparatus is clumsy in theextreme, and there is, needless to say, great wasteof power, but the creaking, groaning Sakiijch is agreat feature of the level plains of Palestine. Yet another means of irrigation from shallowwells, pools, and rivers, is the Shadfif, a long rodswinging betwee
Peasant life in the Holy Land . X c < Ed. IRRIGATION 221 they turn over, discharge their contents into alarge cistern, the bottom of which is at a somewhathigher level than the surface of the ground, andfrom which a number of cemented conduits orchannels conduct the water to every part of thegarden. The whole apparatus is clumsy in theextreme, and there is, needless to say, great wasteof power, but the creaking, groaning Sakiijch is agreat feature of the level plains of Palestine. Yet another means of irrigation from shallowwells, pools, and rivers, is the Shadfif, a long rodswinging between two uprights by means of aniron bar, which passes through a hole in it abouta third of its length from the bottom, to whicha heavy stone is attached in order to balance theweight of the water in the bucket, which is fastenedby a rope to the upper end. This Shaduf, whichis so characteristic of Egypt, is but rarely seen inPalestine. The lack of water is, perhaps, the greatest physicaldefect of the Holy Land at the present time, andthis has
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