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However, though Saffêd combines most of the unpleasant characteristics of Palestine native towns, we welcomed the sight of it, for we were used up by the march. HOWEVER THOUGH SAFET COMBINES MOST OF THE UNPLEASANT CHARACTERISTICS OF PALESTINE NATIVE TOWNS WE WELCOMED THE SIGHT OF IT FOR WE WERE USED UP BY THE MARCH
 beast's back until he was almost crushed to earth, and rode off triumphantly, while their comrades held back the weeping owner. 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. Little satisfaction did they get, although some of them went with us as far as Saffêd. Our garrison town is not an inviting place, nor has it an inviting reputation. Lord Kitchener himself had good reason to remember it. As a young lieutenant of twenty-three, in the Royal Engineering Corps, he was nearly killed there by a band of fanatical Arabs while surveying for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Kitchener had a narrow escape of it (one of his fellow officers was shot dead close by him), but he went calmly ahead and completed his maps, splendid large-scale affairs which have never since been equaled--and which are now in use by the Turkish and German armies! RABS 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 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 LITTLE SATISFACTION DID THEY GET ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM WENT WITH US AS FAR AS A FAVOR OUR GARRISON TOWN IS NOT AN INVITING PLACE NOR HAS IT AN INVITING REPUTATION LORD KITCHENER HIMSELF HAD GOOD REASON TO REMEMBER IT AS A YOUNG LIEUTENANT OF TWENTY THREE IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPSE HE WAS NEARLY KILLED THERE BY A BAND OF FANATICAL ARABS WHILE SURVEYING FOR THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND KITCHENER HAD A NARROW ESCAPE OF IT ONE OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS WAS SHOT DEAD CLOSE BY HIM BUT HE WENT CALMLY AHEAD AND COMPLETED HIS MAPS SPLENDID LARGE SCALE AFFAIRS WHICH HAVE NEVER SINCE BEEN EQUALLED AND WHICH ARE NOW IN USE BY THE TURKISH AND GERMAN ARMIES
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