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The result of this sort of "requisitioning," was that our band of recruits was followed by an increasing throng of farmers  imploring, threatening, trying by hook or by crook to win back the stolen goods. THE RESULT OF THIS SORT OF REQUISITIONING WAS THAT OUR BAND OF RECRUITS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASING THRONG OF FARMERS IMPLORING THREATENING TRYING BY HOOK OR BY CROOK TO WIN THE STOLEN GOODS
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.) To add to our troubles, the Turkish officers, with characteristic fatalism, had made no commissary provision for us whatever. Any food we ate had to be purchased by the roadside from our own funds, which were scant enough to start with. The Arabs were in a terrible plight. Most of them were penniless, and, as the pangs of hunger set in, they began pillaging right and left from the little farms by the wayside. From modest beginnings--poultry and vegetables--they progressed to larger game, unhindered by the officers. Houses were entered, women insulted; time and again I saw a stray horse, grazing by the roadside, seized by a crowd of grinning Arabs, who piled on the poor beast's back until he was almost crushed to earth, and rode off triumphantly, while their comrades held back the weeping owner. NO HEED TO THE JAGGED FLINTS 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 TO ADD TO OUR TROUBLES THE TURKISH OFFICERS WITH CHARACTERISTIC FATALISM HAD MADE NO COMMISSARY PROVISION FOR US WHATEVER ANY FOOD WE ATE HAD TO BE PURCHASED BY THE ROADSIDE FROM OUR OWN FUNDS WHICH WERE SCANT ENOUGH TO START WITH THE ARABS WERE IN A TERRIBLE PLIGHT MOST OF THEM WERE PENNILESS AND AS THE PANGS OF HUNGER SET IN THEY BEGAN PILLAGING RIGHT AND LEFT FROM THE LITTLE FARMS BY THE WAYSIDE FROM MODEST BEGINNINGS POULTRY AND VEGETABLES THEY PROGRESSED TO A LARGER GAME UNHINDERED BY THE OFFICERS HOUSES WERE ENTERED WOMEN INSULTED TIME AND AGAIN I SAW A STRAY HORSE GRAZING BY THE ROADSIDE SEIZED BY A CROWD OF GRINNING ARABS WHO PILED ON THE POOR BEAST'S BACK UNTIL HE WAS ALMOST CRUSHED TO EARTH AND RODE OFF TRIUMPHANTLY WHILE THEIR COMRADES HELD BACK THE WEEPING OWNER
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