Things seen in Palestine . casions consumed in the other hand, they are not, on the123 f Things Seen in Palestine whole, long-lived, and die often after veryshort illness, pointing to a lack of powerof resistance. Their clothing is entirely of cotton,except the one outer garment, which forwomen is a kind of drugget, for men, ofcamel or goafs hair, or, in some districts,of sheepskin, with the wool inside. Thisheavy outer garment is worn out of doorsthe year round, as protection alike fromheat and cold. The head is always covered;the woman wears a close-fitting cap underher veil, which
Things seen in Palestine . casions consumed in the other hand, they are not, on the123 f Things Seen in Palestine whole, long-lived, and die often after veryshort illness, pointing to a lack of powerof resistance. Their clothing is entirely of cotton,except the one outer garment, which forwomen is a kind of drugget, for men, ofcamel or goafs hair, or, in some districts,of sheepskin, with the wool inside. Thisheavy outer garment is worn out of doorsthe year round, as protection alike fromheat and cold. The head is always covered;the woman wears a close-fitting cap underher veil, which with its ornaments mayweigh as much as eight or nine she clings to day and night; andthey aver that to lay it aside gives themheadache. The fellah covers his head withequal care. The head is often shaved andcovered with a cotton cap, which is againcovered with the red tarbush which, insome form, is inseparable from the Turkishsubject, and round this is wound a largehandkerchief of coloured cotton in turban 124. a V, S 1) I? Hi. s M ° Village Life form, giving the head an overgrown ap-pearance, which is less becoming than thehanging veil worn by the Bedu and bymany fellaheen also. The element of weightis in this case supplied by the heavy ropeof black goats hair, as thick as a manswrist, wound twice round the head, andwith tassels which hang down behind. 127 TOWN LIFE 129 CHAPTER VTOWN LIFE WE have already seen that the olddistinction between a town and avillage was that a town had walls, and,presumably, fortifications. The walls ofJerusalem—rebuilt last by the Turkishruler, Suleiman the Magnificent, about thetime of our Queen Elizabeth—are still ingreat part complete. The last breach inthem was made upon the occasion of thevisit of the German Emperor, in order toafford the more space for a ceremoniousreception, in acknowledgment of all whichhad been done by his subjects for the com-merce and education of the town, as wellas for its embellishment by the buildin
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