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166 BEDOIN ARABS.
CHAPTER XT.
Eedoin Arabs—Their General Appearance—Tents and Furniture—Dress—Their
Women—Mode of Encamping—Food and Munncr at Meals—Diseases—Degra-
dation of their Women—Singular manner of Courtships—Marriages—Divorces
Circumcision—Funerals—Customs of Salutation—Hospitality—Robbery—Mode
of settling Quarrels—Avengers of Blood—Barbarous customs in War—Amuse-
ments—Education—Religion—Prophetic Fulfilment.
In stature, the Bedoin Arabs are spare but straight,
always carrying themselves very erect. They are
seldom tall, and generally would fall below the me-
dium size ; indeed, I never saw a fleshy person among
them. Their complexion is about like that of the
American Indian, but their faces are more thin, and
their features not so heavy. Their eyes are uniformly
black, and generally sunken in the head, with dark,
heavy eye-brows. They have low foreheads, high
cheek bones, noses of the Roman mould, thin lips, and
very white teeth. Their hair is black and straight.
Their countenances are sober, and they are seldom
seen to smile. Their movements are generally quick,
and they often show great dexterity.
In the domestic life of a Bedoin, there is but little
to' attract the admiration of strangers. The tent
forms his cherished home, and when he removes he
carries his frail dwelling with him. The covering of
his tent is a coarse black fabric, made of goats hair.
The tent is generally about seven feet high, and
greatly differing in size, according to the wealth of
the owner, or the number of his family. It is always
divided into two apartments, one for the men and the
CHAPTER XT.
Eedoin Arabs—Their General Appearance—Tents and Furniture—Dress—Their
Women—Mode of Encamping—Food and Munncr at Meals—Diseases—Degra-
dation of their Women—Singular manner of Courtships—Marriages—Divorces
Circumcision—Funerals—Customs of Salutation—Hospitality—Robbery—Mode
of settling Quarrels—Avengers of Blood—Barbarous customs in War—Amuse-
ments—Education—Religion—Prophetic Fulfilment.
In stature, the Bedoin Arabs are spare but straight,
always carrying themselves very erect. They are
seldom tall, and generally would fall below the me-
dium size ; indeed, I never saw a fleshy person among
them. Their complexion is about like that of the
American Indian, but their faces are more thin, and
their features not so heavy. Their eyes are uniformly
black, and generally sunken in the head, with dark,
heavy eye-brows. They have low foreheads, high
cheek bones, noses of the Roman mould, thin lips, and
very white teeth. Their hair is black and straight.
Their countenances are sober, and they are seldom
seen to smile. Their movements are generally quick,
and they often show great dexterity.
In the domestic life of a Bedoin, there is but little
to' attract the admiration of strangers. The tent
forms his cherished home, and when he removes he
carries his frail dwelling with him. The covering of
his tent is a coarse black fabric, made of goats hair.
The tent is generally about seven feet high, and
greatly differing in size, according to the wealth of
the owner, or the number of his family. It is always
divided into two apartments, one for the men and the