. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . AN ARAB FIDDLER The Arabs have tv/o kinds of music. This picture shows a youth playing a one-stringedfiddle, which is homemade. The other instrument is a double flute made from fine bamboos,and generally played by the shepherds when tending their WOMEN GRINDING AT THE MILL Steam mills among the Arabs are unknown. The women grind the flour as they need mill consists of two stones, the upper revolving on the lower. The mill is fed throug
. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . AN ARAB FIDDLER The Arabs have tv/o kinds of music. This picture shows a youth playing a one-stringedfiddle, which is homemade. The other instrument is a double flute made from fine bamboos,and generally played by the shepherds when tending their WOMEN GRINDING AT THE MILL Steam mills among the Arabs are unknown. The women grind the flour as they need mill consists of two stones, the upper revolving on the lower. The mill is fed througha hole in the center. It is considered a disgrace for a man to grind at the mill. CUSTOMS SUBSTANTIATING SCRIPTURE 277 Grinding at the Mill Part of a womans work is to grind the flourfor daily use. No house or tent is without itshand-mill, and although everything else wasstolen or bought from a dwelling or family, Deu-teronomy xxiv. 6 would be strictly observed, No man shall take the mill to pledge, for hetaketh a mans life to pledge. An expressionof hard times is conveyed by saying, The millis silent, meaning, of course, that there isnothing to grind. House mills are of twokinds, those turned by the women and thoseturned by a donkey. In the latter case thebeast is blindfolded so that he may not becomegiddy by having to go round a circle. It isconsidered a disgrace for a man to grind at t
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