The Jordan Valley and Petra . slope of the valley. Manya time we thought of the saying, current in Moab, O Lord, do not listen to the prayers of thetravellers ! Travellers are always supposed to askfor fair weather, and if we called for fair weatherthat day the prayers of the people prevailed andthe heavens gathered for a storm. We foresaw itscomine, and sfot out our heaviest clothini:! andrubber coats. It came from the west and south,and proved to be one of the most pitiless we everfaced. Half an hour away from camp, as we climbedover a small ridge, it struck us fairly in the horses
The Jordan Valley and Petra . slope of the valley. Manya time we thought of the saying, current in Moab, O Lord, do not listen to the prayers of thetravellers ! Travellers are always supposed to askfor fair weather, and if we called for fair weatherthat day the prayers of the people prevailed andthe heavens gathered for a storm. We foresaw itscomine, and sfot out our heaviest clothini:! andrubber coats. It came from the west and south,and proved to be one of the most pitiless we everfaced. Half an hour away from camp, as we climbedover a small ridge, it struck us fairly in the horses quailed before it, and struggled up thesteep road. We buttoned our clothing tighter andmade light of it. But the higher we climbed thefiercer it blew, and at many a turn it seemed asthough both we and our horses would be carriedbodily over the precipices or down the roughslopes. Most of a mans clothing buttons over from leftto right, and we never saw the great disadvantage ofthis before. The fierce wind lifted one fold after. o
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