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358 PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
These weapons corresponded to the heavy artillery of our times, and their destructive power
was very great.
Water being accessible in its cisterns, the Arabs sometimes resort thither; and as the
A CUP OF COFFEE ON THE HEIGHTS OF SUBEIBEH.
All the implements for preparing it are shown in the foreground—the iron saucer in which to roast the berries, the pestle and mortar for pounding
them, and the water boiling on the fire of crackling twigs.
space is ample, the traveller or explorer may pitch his tent by the side of these Children of the
Desert, and, when wearied with the labours of the day, sit down with them by their camp-fire,
on ground where great warriors and kings have trod ever since the days of Abraham.
These weapons corresponded to the heavy artillery of our times, and their destructive power
was very great.
Water being accessible in its cisterns, the Arabs sometimes resort thither; and as the
A CUP OF COFFEE ON THE HEIGHTS OF SUBEIBEH.
All the implements for preparing it are shown in the foreground—the iron saucer in which to roast the berries, the pestle and mortar for pounding
them, and the water boiling on the fire of crackling twigs.
space is ample, the traveller or explorer may pitch his tent by the side of these Children of the
Desert, and, when wearied with the labours of the day, sit down with them by their camp-fire,
on ground where great warriors and kings have trod ever since the days of Abraham.