. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . the little child-faces at work, with the sun shining inat the doorway lighting up their intelligent counte-nances, and all as busy as they could be. There weremany beautiful little girls amongst them, and some ofthem spoke English very well. They evidently had akind good friend in Miss Huber. Mr. Huber told usthat wherever there is digging at Gaza, foundations ofold buildings and hewn stones are found. On returning to our tents we saw a Moslem funeralprocession come up to a grave just in front of us. Ap
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . the little child-faces at work, with the sun shining inat the doorway lighting up their intelligent counte-nances, and all as busy as they could be. There weremany beautiful little girls amongst them, and some ofthem spoke English very well. They evidently had akind good friend in Miss Huber. Mr. Huber told usthat wherever there is digging at Gaza, foundations ofold buildings and hewn stones are found. On returning to our tents we saw a Moslem funeralprocession come up to a grave just in front of us. Apoor woman and her baby were to be buried bodies were carried in an open bier with a clothlaid over them, and the mourners chanted in the mo-notonous eastern way. In the evening we rode to thetop of Mount Muntar, a little way to the south-east ofGaza, from which we had a wide view extending tothe Judsan hills and the sea. This is the spot to whichSamson is reputed to have carried the gates of Gaza,and there is a little mosque on the top which is muchvenerated by the THE DEAD SEA FROM THE FASS OF AIN JIDY. CHAPTER II TO BEERSHEBA AND BEIT J1BRIN. All aroundThe boundless, waving grass-plains stretch, thick starrdWith saffron and the yellow hollyhockAnd flag-leaved iris-flowers. Matthew Arnold. WE determined not to wait for the soldiers tocome before setting out as we had two Beduinswith us ; and when we started at an early hourthe next morning these were soon joined by a trooperwho said that another trooper was to follow ; but noother came. We passed over the same kind of plainas before, only that we did not come upon any trees ororchards, and the soil appeared to be very poor. Soona Beduin joined us carrying a long spear. He wasevidently a friend of the soldier, for on coming up tous he dismounted, and, tying his mares forelegstogether to keep her from straying, he ran up to himand kissed him on both cheeks, and they then rodealong talking merrily together.
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