The Jordan valley and Petra . The Dead Sea 3l5 camps, the distressing, tantalizing effect of the un-drinkable brooks in the salt morass, the oven-likeheat of the winding, chalky valley, and the fatigueof an eight-hours journey, we found in Zaweirahthe most trying night of our trip. Almost beforethe cook had secured enough of the foul water tocook our supper with the tired muleteers hadcoaxed their weary animals across the rocks to thepools, and using one of our cooking vessels as abucket, were washing both mules and donkeys inthe water which we were expected to drink! Forthe water poured over
The Jordan valley and Petra . The Dead Sea 3l5 camps, the distressing, tantalizing effect of the un-drinkable brooks in the salt morass, the oven-likeheat of the winding, chalky valley, and the fatigueof an eight-hours journey, we found in Zaweirahthe most trying night of our trip. Almost beforethe cook had secured enough of the foul water tocook our supper with the tired muleteers hadcoaxed their weary animals across the rocks to thepools, and using one of our cooking vessels as abucket, were washing both mules and donkeys inthe water which we were expected to drink! Forthe water poured over their sweaty bodies found itsway over the smooth rocks into the pool utter stupidity and crass disregard of the des-perate needs of any travellers who might be follow-ing us almost upset our patience, and we made thoserocky valleys ring with our condemnations of theirconduct, where the stake was one of life and as the water was when we arrived, we weredevoutly thankful to find any at all in the
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