La vallée du Jourdain et Petra . la pourriture, et ce dans tous les pays af où le manque de bois de chauffage est l'une des plus grandes difficultés de la vie quotidienne. La tombe du saint homme et les arbres sacrés convertir le spotinto une sorte de sanctuaire, ou coffre-, andhere les superstitieux gens apportent du bois, toit de poutres transversales, vieilles portes et fenêtres, de l'agriculture, la mise en mesures et en bois, maison vesselsfor la garde du coffre. Ils sont plus en sécurité ici qu'theycould peut-être être sous clé dans theirwretched homes, pour personne, sauf le foreigntravellers cook, ose étendre une main tothis intrusion tre

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The Jordan Valley and Petra . decay, and all this in af country where the lack of firewood is one of the greatest difficulties of everyday life. The grave ofthe holy man and the sacred trees convert the spotinto a sort of sanctuary, or safety deposit, andhere the superstitious people bring firewood, roof-timbers, old doors and windows, agricultural imple-ments, wooden measures, and household vesselsfor safe-keeping. They are safer here than theycould possibly be under lock and key in theirwretched homes, for no one, except the foreigntravellers cook, dares extend a trespassing hand tothis treasure. So it comes to pass that these Mos-lem wood-saints are a much more useful frater-nity in preserving the firewood for the communitythan certain other saints whose supposed powerssave their devotees from the fires of another world.The ford and the crossing at Abadiyeh will notsoon be forgotten by our caravan. The river wasfully seventy-five yards wide, and flowing with anexceedingly swift and strong current. It took half. w The Jordan Hi an hour to ticrhten the loads and hft them hif^heron the backs of the animals. Some Arabs plough-ing near-by came and agreed for a consideration toshow us exactly where the ford lay. Two of themhitched up their clothing, seized their long ox-goads, and led three of us into the stream. Thefirst plunge was down a slippery bank into softmud, which startled the animals unaccustomed toit; then we passed along the muddy bank down-stream with the current, for some twenty yards, until we reached a shingly bottom ; then in a wideswing down-stream we made an arc of fully onehundred and fifty yards before we neared the otherbank. The water was not anywhere over four feetdeep, but the swift current, when once it reachedthe horses stomachs, almost swept them from theirfeet and terrified them greatly. When once onthe other side we dismounted and proceeded toencourage the others. The Arabs waded back andforth, bringing two loaded animals at a time. Ourcoo

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