The Jordan Valley and Petra . in Beirut and set up for then made suQ-o-estions as to details, addedshawls and rugs of our own, and gave special direc-tions as to packing our personal belongings, guns,ammunition, and photographic supplies. Our arrano-ements with Milhem included ourdaily fare, and at this point we turned him over toMrs. Hoskins, who gave him more minute direc-tions, as to what kinds of food we needed, and theway in which it was to be served. He was toldmany things he was to do, and many things he wasnot to do. No cold boiled eees for luncheon, nochickens except in
The Jordan Valley and Petra . in Beirut and set up for then made suQ-o-estions as to details, addedshawls and rugs of our own, and gave special direc-tions as to packing our personal belongings, guns,ammunition, and photographic supplies. Our arrano-ements with Milhem included ourdaily fare, and at this point we turned him over toMrs. Hoskins, who gave him more minute direc-tions, as to what kinds of food we needed, and theway in which it was to be served. He was toldmany things he was to do, and many things he wasnot to do. No cold boiled eees for luncheon, nochickens except in cases of dire extremity, no indi-gestible pastries for show and remorse, a minimumof sardines, and other unsavory stuff sold in tins,but plenty of good, plain substantial food. Cer-tainly Milhem did profit by these timely sugges-tions, and carried them out faithfully, to our greatcomfort and safety. In addition to the apparentlyinterminable supply of candles and salt and sugarand rice, he carried flour and potatoes in m aoz < oz J Preparatory Work ii We added soda-water, Boston brown bread, andsome bottles of i^ood Lebanon wine. Mrs. Hoskinsstipulated for two things which added greatly toour comfort; one was an alcohol lamp, which fittednicely into a tin cover about as large as a tomatocan. With the aid of this, we ate warm luncheonsevery day in the wilderness. What this meant inFebruary and March, and especially on damp andrainy days, can be best understood by those whohave lived on the cold, hard-boiled egg , our table boy, easily carried this outfit inhis saddle-bags, and it never took long to heatmeat and potatoes and coffee, or whatever we hadfor luncheon. The other special fitting was anoven made of wrought iron, about two feet long,eighteen inches wide, and two feet high. It had afire-box below, and a grate for coals on top, andwhen used for baking the men would encircle andalmost cover it with fire. With this we were ableto bake bread all along the
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