The Holy Land and Syria . s well. Long-legged Egyptians in tur-bans and gowns sit on the rumps of little donkeys, theirfeet almost dragging; and fierce-looking Bedouins, theirheaddresses tied on with ropes, bob up and down as theyride on their camels, their heads bowing at every step ofthe beasts. There are camels loaded with alfalfa, thegrass so covering them that they look like haystacks onlegs. There are donkeys laden with boxes and bags, andmules and bullocks carrying freight of one kind or in the fields one now and then sees a buffalo with aa half-naked boy perched on it, and
The Holy Land and Syria . s well. Long-legged Egyptians in tur-bans and gowns sit on the rumps of little donkeys, theirfeet almost dragging; and fierce-looking Bedouins, theirheaddresses tied on with ropes, bob up and down as theyride on their camels, their heads bowing at every step ofthe beasts. There are camels loaded with alfalfa, thegrass so covering them that they look like haystacks onlegs. There are donkeys laden with boxes and bags, andmules and bullocks carrying freight of one kind or in the fields one now and then sees a buffalo with aa half-naked boy perched on it, and at nightfall the pathsare lined with men coming from the fields riding theseungainly beasts and balancing their one-handled ploughsin front of them. It was in Goshen that the Israelites worked after theywere enslaved by the Egyptians. Here they built forPharaoh the treasure cities of Pithom and Rameses,referred to in Exodus, from which they were sent out tobuild other cities and towns in various parts of theNile Valley. 8. It was through rocky wastes such as this that Moses climbed to thetop of Mount Sinai and there received the Ten Commandments, andthere the Lord spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaketh untohis friend
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