. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . PHOTOGRAPH BY CROSSING THE DESERT This picture was taken from a camels back as the author rode along. It shows a caravanon the desert At any sign of danger, the camels are brought together and made to kneeldown. The Arabs find their way across these trackless plains by watching the sun GATHERING SALT IN THE DESERT In northern Arabia there are many brine springs. From these the Arabs get quantitiesof good crystal salt, which they ba
. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . PHOTOGRAPH BY CROSSING THE DESERT This picture was taken from a camels back as the author rode along. It shows a caravanon the desert At any sign of danger, the camels are brought together and made to kneeldown. The Arabs find their way across these trackless plains by watching the sun GATHERING SALT IN THE DESERT In northern Arabia there are many brine springs. From these the Arabs get quantitiesof good crystal salt, which they barter to traders for wheat, clothmg and sometimes sacks of salt, a camel load, is worth about thirty cents. A CALAMITY NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE 225 some that are ignorant hate you. That day,as on previous ones, I sold and distributedmany Scriptures to both men and boys, allhaving proved to me that they could read. Inthe afternoon Faleh came to me with threemen that he said were from Hayel, the were just starting back, but each wanteda Bible to take with them. Would I givethem one each ? I was glad of this opportunityof getting the Word taken on to Hayel, espe-cially as I could not reach it myself, so, bring-ing out three nicely bound copies, I gave themto the men, and they left me and started forthe seat of government in Central day we may hear what was done orcaused by these three books taken into thisstron
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