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With an official _boyouroulton_ (passport) in my pocket, I was able to travel all over the country without being interfered with by the military authorities. WITH AN OFFICIAL BOYOU ROUTON PASSPORT IN MY POCKET I WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITHOUT BEING INTERFERED WITH BY THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES
ed to engulf everything in their way. I have seen Arab babies, left by their mothers in the shade of some tree, whose faces had been devoured by the oncoming swarms of locusts before their screams had been heard. I have seen the carcasses of animals hidden from sight by the undulating, rustling blanket of insects. And in the face of such a menace the Arabs remained inert. With their customary fatalism they accepted the locust plague as a necessary evil. They could not understand why we were so frantic to fight it. And as a matter of fact, they really got a good deal out of the locusts, for they loved to feast upon the female insects. They gathered piles of them and threw them upon burning charcoal, then, squatting around the fire, devoured the roasted insects with great gusto. I saw a fourteen-year-old boy eat as many as a hundred at a sitting. CHAPTER VIII THE LEBANON During the locust invasion my brother sent me on an inspection tour to investigate the ravages of the insect in Syria.  CHAPTER EIGHT OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECOURTINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE BY ALEXANDER AARONSON CHAPTER EIGHT THE LEBANON DURING THE LOCUST INVASION MY BROTHER SENT ME ON AN INSPECTION TOUR TO INVESTIGATE THE RAVAGES OF THE INSECT IN SYRIA
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