. St. Nicholas [serial] . GIVENESS OF TH E D E S ERT. /^GNES DANFORTH HEWES No one knows the exact limit of Syrias east-ern boundary. Just where the desert sand ceasesto be Syria, no man has determined. The bor-derland which lies thus indefinitely betweenSyria and the former inland possessions of theOttoman Empire is inhabited by nomadic Arabtribes. These tribes arrogate to themselves rightswhich they base on the very uncertainty of theterritorial boundaries. One of their rights isto demand tribute of merchants who cross thedesert over which the nomads roam. Syrians claim the right to pass fre
. St. Nicholas [serial] . GIVENESS OF TH E D E S ERT. /^GNES DANFORTH HEWES No one knows the exact limit of Syrias east-ern boundary. Just where the desert sand ceasesto be Syria, no man has determined. The bor-derland which lies thus indefinitely betweenSyria and the former inland possessions of theOttoman Empire is inhabited by nomadic Arabtribes. These tribes arrogate to themselves rightswhich they base on the very uncertainty of theterritorial boundaries. One of their rights isto demand tribute of merchants who cross thedesert over which the nomads roam. Syrians claim the right to pass freely throughthe region in question. The Arabs insist thatthe undecided boundary may be a point in theirfavor as well as in Syrias, and, accordingly,demand tribute of Syrian merchants. The dispute often becomes hostility whichflares into a quarrel that finds a swift and suresettlement by that most ancient of laws: an eyefor an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. For in the desert, decision is quick, and theconduct of life is simple as life it
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