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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. 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
urn 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. (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. N 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 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
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