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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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faithful muleteers. Bydaybreak we were again on the move, hopingthat before night we should be safely housedin Kerak. Soon we descended into the grandbut deep gorge of Mojeb. We crossed theriver Arnon, which flows through the bed ofthe valley, and were delighted with the abun-dance of white and pink oleanders that grewon its banks. We reached the Kerak side ofthat magnificent gorge about ten in the morn-ing ; here we decided to stay till sunset, for wehad now reached the territory of the robberchiefs of Moab, known as the Mujellies. Our men knew that if we fell into the handsof these dreaded chiefs, they would show usno mercy. We found shade and shelter undera large rock, so placed that even passers-bycould not see us unless we wilfully exposedourselves. We had not been in hiding longwhen we heard a noisy wrangle going onamong our men. Mrs. Lethaby crept outand caught sight of the long spear of a sheikh,or chief. He had come upon our men andsaid that some of them had robbed one of his
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GETTING INTO MOAB 13 tribe of a gun, and he must have something inreturn for it. After a stormy quarrel he droveaway a mule on which he had loaded our beds,a box of our clothing, and my baby organ.We gave up all hope of ever seeing themagain, but counted ourselves fortunate in get-ting them returned to us several weeks later. The remainder of the day passed quietly,and the rest prepared us for the events re-corded in the first chapter. There we were ina Bedouin tent, and from that point I take upthe story. My wife and self were taken into one of thosegoats-hair homes. Carpets were spread for usto sit on. Men, women, and children crowdedin to stare at us, and we concluded that theywere all gratified at the capture that had beenmade. Soon it occurred to one of them that wemight be hungry, so they asked us by means ofsigns if we would eat. We nodded our assent,and soon they baked us some large, thin cakesof bread, which were very good. They alsomade us coffee and brought us a large bowl

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