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Title: 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Forder, Archibald, 1863-
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: Boston, W. N. Hartshorn
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ome very oldand interesting doors here, solid slabs of basalt,turning on hinges that were a part of the stone,and let into sockets. I was fortunate in gettinga good picture of these stone doors. After leav-ing this place the sky clouded over, and anotherstorm came on. The wind, rain, and hail madeit impossible for us to hold up our heads and lookahead; our horses turned against it and got offthe track, and soon we discovered we hadlost the way. My compass told me we weregoing south instead of east. Turning in thelatter direction we tried again, but all to nopurpose. For hours we persevered, but seemedto get no further on. A mist had risen, enoughto cover from our view the old castle by whichwe had to pass. We were cold and wet, andbegan to think we might have to spend thenight in the open, for evening was drawing on.Presently, Mohammed, my man, saw smokerising away in the distance. How gladly wehailed it, and jumping off our animals, led themin the direction that it was to be seen. We
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STONE DOORS, BASHAN These interesting remains of the stone age are found east of the Jordan in the Druze country.These doors are slabs of black basalt; they turn on pivots let into sockets in the upper andloiver lintels. When struck they ring clear as a bell. Some doors still in use are nine feethigh and six feet wide. Unfortunately, these ancient remains are being destroyed to giveway to more modem fittings. A FOURTH VENTURE i6l found it going up from a small hamlet of aboutthirty houses. We rode up to the door of thefirst one we came to, and received a hearty Welcome from the men inside. We wouldnot have chosen the place for its beauty orcleanliness, but because of our condition andthe elements, we were glad to avail ourselvesof the accommodation. Our things were carriedin and huddled up in a corner. We were offeredseats on some old mats round the fireplace.Some fuel, in the shape of dried manure, wasbrought, and an attempt at making a fire made,but it resulted in more smoke than fl

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