The Holy Land and Syria . that they weremaking a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the tomb ofMoses. There were many women among them. Theysat astride upon donkeys and some of them carried babiesin their arms. We passed many camels. Some were loaded withwhite building stone slung in a network of rope oneach side of their humps. They were carrying the stoneto Jerusalem. Others were ridden by women and saw one with two veiled women clad all in black on itsback and two boxes below them, each box holding a baby. Another party was composed of Samaritan women ontheir way to a Moslem festival. They w
The Holy Land and Syria . that they weremaking a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the tomb ofMoses. There were many women among them. Theysat astride upon donkeys and some of them carried babiesin their arms. We passed many camels. Some were loaded withwhite building stone slung in a network of rope oneach side of their humps. They were carrying the stoneto Jerusalem. Others were ridden by women and saw one with two veiled women clad all in black on itsback and two boxes below them, each box holding a baby. Another party was composed of Samaritan women ontheir way to a Moslem festival. They were red hairedand as straight as royal palm trees. They carried theirbaggage in bundles on top of their heads and walked sin-gle file. Behind them were women from Lebanon walk-ing barefooted and singing in Arabic. They were tattooedon lips, chin, and cheeks, and their bare heads were frowsyand dusty. They were clad in long cotton gowns em-broidered with red. Only a few were good looking andall seemed prematurely old. 156. -->•* When a Palestinian was asked wh>- he did not use horses for ploughinghe said: The> walk too fast; 1 would have to hurr\- to keep up
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