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(Shoes, to the Arab, are articles for ceremonious indoor use; when any serious walking is to be done, he takes them off, slings them over his shoulder, and trusts to the horny soles of his feet.) SHOES TO THE ARABS ARE ARTICLES FOR CEREMONIOUS IN DORIAS WHEN ANY SERIOUS WALKING IS TO BE DONE HE TAKES THEM OFF SLINKS THEM OVER HIS SHOULDER AND TRUSTS TO THE HONEY SOLES OF HIS FEET
a bad situation. It was a night of horrors. Few of us had closed an eye when, at dawn, an officer appeared and ordered us out of the Hân. From our total number about three hundred (including four young men from our village and myself) were picked out and told to make ready to start at once for Saffêd, a town in the hills of northern Galilee near the Sea of Tiberias, where our garrison was to be located. No attention was paid to our requests that we be allowed to return to our homes for a final visit. That same morning we were on our way to Saffêd--a motley, disgruntled crew. [ILLUSTRATION: SAFFÊD] It was a four days' march--four days of heat and dust and physical suffering. The September sun smote us mercilessly as we straggled along the miserable native trail, full of gullies and loose stones. It would not have been so bad if we had been adequately shod or clothed; but soon we found ourselves envying the ragged Arabs as they trudged along barefoot, paying no heed to the jagged flints.  OURSELVES ON THE GROUND AND MAKE THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION IT WAS A NIGHT OF HORRORS FEW OF US HAD CLOSED AN EYE WHEN AT DAWN AN OFFICER APPEARED AND ORDERED US OUT OF THE HAN FROM OUR TOTAL NUMBER ABOUT THREE HUNDRED INCLUDING FOUR YOUNG MEN FROM OUR VILLAGE AND MYSELF WERE PICKED OUT AND TOLD TO MAKE READY TO START AT ONCE FOR SAFEYR A TOWN IN THE HILLS OF NORTHERN GALILEE NEAR THE SEA OF TIBERIAS WHERE OUR GARRISON WAS TO BE LOCATED NO ATTENTION WAS PAID TO OUR REQUEST THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO OUR HOMES FOR A FINAL VISIT THAT SAME MORNING WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO SAFITH A MOTLEY DISGRUNTLED CREW IT WAS A FOUR DAYS MARCH FOUR DAYS OF HEAT AND DUST AND PHYSICAL SUFFERING THE SEPTEMBER SUN SMOTE US MERCILESSLY AS WE STRAGGLED ALONG THE MISERABLE NATIVE TRAIL FULL OF GULLIES AND LOOSE STONES IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF WE HAD BEEN ADEQUATELY SHOD OR CLOTHED BUT SOON WE FOUND OURSELVES ENVYING THE RAGGED ARABS AS THEY TRUDGED ALONG BAREFOOT PAYING NO HEED TO THE JAGGED FLINTS
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