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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
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do with the animals pictured by his side. The horse—the noblest of animals—and the Arab
seem inseparable ; but there are many Arab tribes without horses, and altogether dependent
on that most unromantic beast, the camel. These tribes are the most miserable of Arab
tribes. When you get to droves of sheep and studs of
horses a certain opulence is assured, and the consequent
trade and commerce will have introduced a knowledge of
the wrants of the outer civilised world. The camel-
possessing Arab is merely a poor fortune-tossed carrier, and
though he may convey large caravans of merchandise to
important trade centres, he will always appear at a disad-
vantage among his wealthier horse-riding kinsmen.
The desert has again and again been compared with the ocean—wild, boundless,
uncontrollable. The comparison may well be further extended in observing that as the
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do with the animals pictured by his side. The horse—the noblest of animals—and the Arab
seem inseparable ; but there are many Arab tribes without horses, and altogether dependent
on that most unromantic beast, the camel. These tribes are the most miserable of Arab
tribes. When you get to droves of sheep and studs of
horses a certain opulence is assured, and the consequent
trade and commerce will have introduced a knowledge of
the wrants of the outer civilised world. The camel-
possessing Arab is merely a poor fortune-tossed carrier, and
though he may convey large caravans of merchandise to
important trade centres, he will always appear at a disad-
vantage among his wealthier horse-riding kinsmen.
The desert has again and again been compared with the ocean—wild, boundless,
uncontrollable. The comparison may well be further extended in observing that as the