. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . BRDOUIN OF THE DESERT £64 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK. IN THE HOLY LAND 165 times on the horse, and sometimes oft, until at last we halt at a hovel of thevillage, and instead of entering camp for the night, are glad to find this retreatfrom the storm. It is a house of one story, built out of mud. A feeble fire inmid-floor, but no chimney. It is the best house in the village. Arabs, old andyoung, stand round in wonder-ment as to why we come. Thereis no window in the room whereI write, but two little openings,one over the
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . BRDOUIN OF THE DESERT £64 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK. IN THE HOLY LAND 165 times on the horse, and sometimes oft, until at last we halt at a hovel of thevillage, and instead of entering camp for the night, are glad to find this retreatfrom the storm. It is a house of one story, built out of mud. A feeble fire inmid-floor, but no chimney. It is the best house in the village. Arabs, old andyoung, stand round in wonder-ment as to why we come. Thereis no window in the room whereI write, but two little openings,one over the door and the otherin the wall, through which latteroutlook I occasionally find anArab face thrust to see how I ampr< tgressing. But the door is openaud so I have light. We have passed from Pales-tine to Syria, and are spending thelast night out before reachingI )amascus. To-morrow we shallhave a forced march and do twodays in one, and by having car-riages sent some twenty miles outto meet us, we shall be able toleave stirrup and saddle, and byaccelerated mode reach Damascusat six or seven oclock in the even-ing. Let onl
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