. Palestine and its transformation . by to her own mother to find protection. Sheasked if it were true, as the men were saying, thatif her photograph were taken her soul would be inthe power of whoever might hold the picture. Inspite of the shapeless gowns of dark blue and theugly tattooing on the faces of the women, the scenewas most graceful; for every woman walked likea queen. The protecting air of the mother andthe appealing attitude of the daughter suggestedNiobe and her child. Perhaps it was in somesuch village that Christ blessed the ,On every side the heights of Gilead fall o
. Palestine and its transformation . by to her own mother to find protection. Sheasked if it were true, as the men were saying, thatif her photograph were taken her soul would be inthe power of whoever might hold the picture. Inspite of the shapeless gowns of dark blue and theugly tattooing on the faces of the women, the scenewas most graceful; for every woman walked likea queen. The protecting air of the mother andthe appealing attitude of the daughter suggestedNiobe and her child. Perhaps it was in somesuch village that Christ blessed the ,On every side the heights of Gilead fall off tolower levels. On the west the descent to the Ara-bah is not so steep as the escarpments on eitherside of the Dead Sea, but closely resembles thewarped border on the eastern side of Samaria, towhich it is directly opposite. Southward the foldswhich give to Samaria and Gilead their peculiartopography gradually die out. The low hills ofsouthern Gilead merge into the rolling plateau ofMoab. The distinctive portion of Gilead is only. PRIMITIVE CAVE-DWKLLERS OF GILEAD
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