The Holy Land and the Bible; . ). 12. 5 Ecclus. xxxix. 26, written about b. c. 199. Kielini, p. 726. 6 Ex. , 17; xiii. 5; xxxiii. 3; Cant. iv. 11; v. 1; Joel iii. 18; Num. xiii. 27; xiv. 8; xvi. 13, 14; 3: xi. 9; xxvi. 15; xxvii. 3; xxxi. 20; Josh. v. 6; Jer. xi. 5; xxxii. 22 ; Ezek. xx. 6,15. 7 Site of the Ancient Beersheba. (See page 159.) XI ON THE WAY TO GERAR. 137 the bread in it.^ Cheese, also, is made by them in large quantities,but it is very inferior; little more, in fact, than curdled milk. Aquantity of sour milk, or leben, is put in a goat-skin bottle, a
The Holy Land and the Bible; . ). 12. 5 Ecclus. xxxix. 26, written about b. c. 199. Kielini, p. 726. 6 Ex. , 17; xiii. 5; xxxiii. 3; Cant. iv. 11; v. 1; Joel iii. 18; Num. xiii. 27; xiv. 8; xvi. 13, 14; 3: xi. 9; xxvi. 15; xxvii. 3; xxxi. 20; Josh. v. 6; Jer. xi. 5; xxxii. 22 ; Ezek. xx. 6,15. 7 Site of the Ancient Beersheba. (See page 159.) XI ON THE WAY TO GERAR. 137 the bread in it.^ Cheese, also, is made by them in large quantities,but it is very inferior; little more, in fact, than curdled milk. Aquantity of sour milk, or leben, is put in a goat-skin bottle, andshaken till the whey separates and can be poured out. Then moresour milk is added, and the shaking and emptying of the whey con-tinue till cheese enough is provided. This, when afterwards dried inthe sun, is much used to mix with water as a cooling and strengthen-ing drink on journeys, or is put into flour to make cheesecakes, inwhich shape it is a very concentrated form of food, easily Shaw tells us that in Barbary, instead of rennet, especiallyin the summer season, they turn the milk with the flowers of thegreat-headed thistle, or wild artichoke, and putting the curds after-wards into small baskets made with rushes, or with the dwarf ])alm,they bind them up close and })ress them. These cheeses are
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