The Jordan Valley and Petra . nds, dressed in desert costume with sword andflowing garments. The Zabit was as good a typeof a brutal Roman soldier, and his chief pleasureseemed to be that of orloating- over Deeb and o o his followers. He used his tongue like a whip-lash, told us the story of their ineffectual attemptsto hold the castle against the government, andended each paragraph with an invitation to Deebto say : Allah Yansur es Sultan — May Godmake the Sultan victorious. For reasons thatneed no explication here Deeb would make theproper response, and the Zabit would then cursehim, and tel
The Jordan Valley and Petra . nds, dressed in desert costume with sword andflowing garments. The Zabit was as good a typeof a brutal Roman soldier, and his chief pleasureseemed to be that of orloating- over Deeb and o o his followers. He used his tongue like a whip-lash, told us the story of their ineffectual attemptsto hold the castle against the government, andended each paragraph with an invitation to Deebto say : Allah Yansur es Sultan — May Godmake the Sultan victorious. For reasons thatneed no explication here Deeb would make theproper response, and the Zabit would then cursehim, and tell him that it came from his lips onlyand not from his heart. It recalled another Arabsaying that no Anglo-Saxon can fully understand, Kiss the hand that you cannot break and bideyour time. We had difficulty in securing barley at Mecca caravan had passed southward sometwenty days before us, and all these highland townshad been scoured for provisions of all kinds. Thiswas one reason, but a far more powerful one was. *.s ?«.* < ^lt» »*
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