Peasant life in the Holy Land . hteiiMi ff. RUJM. To face 2iage 285. MURDERS 285 settled by the people of the former place paying asum of £200 to the people of the latter, and givinga girl also, worth at least £50, as a bride to a manthere, the people from the village in the plain beingallowed to come and choose any girl there. In cases where a man is murdered, and themurderer is also killed on the spot, no informationis given to the Government, and no more notice istaken of it, as the affair is considered to be closedby the death of the latter. If a man is found murdered by the wayside, asmal
Peasant life in the Holy Land . hteiiMi ff. RUJM. To face 2iage 285. MURDERS 285 settled by the people of the former place paying asum of £200 to the people of the latter, and givinga girl also, worth at least £50, as a bride to a manthere, the people from the village in the plain beingallowed to come and choose any girl there. In cases where a man is murdered, and themurderer is also killed on the spot, no informationis given to the Government, and no more notice istaken of it, as the affair is considered to be closedby the death of the latter. If a man is found murdered by the wayside, asmall cairn of stones is piled upon the spot, andeach person from the dead mans village, as hepasses, throws a stone upon it until the murder isarranged, or until, from lapse of time, the affairceases to be remembered. Such cairns are oftenseen near the road, and are known as Rujm Fuldii(So-and-sos heap), or simply as Meshad—, awitness. There are villages in different parts of the countrywhose inhabitants are notorious as thieves ; ind
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