Peasant life in the Holy Land . RUINED TEMPLE NEAR TOBAZ (THE ANCIENT WEAVING HAIRCLOTU FOR TENTS. To face page 258. TENT-MAKING 259 tudinal stripe of dark gray. This work is now, Ibelieve, invariably done by women ; but the factof this havdiig been St. Pauls trade (Acts x\aii. 1-3)shows that this was not the case in Apostolic process is simple and primitive to the lastdegree. The long threads to form the warp arestretched out in some convenient and fairly levelspot in the village. That which is to form thewoof, instead of being placed in a shuttle, is woundlengthways on a
Peasant life in the Holy Land . RUINED TEMPLE NEAR TOBAZ (THE ANCIENT WEAVING HAIRCLOTU FOR TENTS. To face page 258. TENT-MAKING 259 tudinal stripe of dark gray. This work is now, Ibelieve, invariably done by women ; but the factof this havdiig been St. Pauls trade (Acts x\aii. 1-3)shows that this was not the case in Apostolic process is simple and primitive to the lastdegree. The long threads to form the warp arestretched out in some convenient and fairly levelspot in the village. That which is to form thewoof, instead of being placed in a shuttle, is woundlengthways on a flat piece of wood about 30 incheslong and 3 inches wide, somewhat resembling agigantic netting-needle. With this in her hand,the weaver laboriously threads the woof throughthe warp, and then with an iron hook (Sia) deftlytightens up the thread against the part alreadywoven. The threads of the warp are passed througha series of loops attached to a piece of wood, andsuspended so that every other thread is alternatelyraised and lowered, much as in a European loom,though the me
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