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places where the legs were cut off, and the tail, and
when it is filled they tie it about the neck. The great
leathern bottles are made of the skin of an he-goat, and
the smaller ones, that serve'instead of a bottle of water
on the road, are made of a kid’s skin.” They are
mended “ sometimes by setting in a piece, sometimes by
gathering up the wounded place in manner of a purse ;
sometimes they put in a round flat piece of wood, and by
that means stop the hole.”

Johnnie. They must be very curious looking bottles.

George. Not more curious than our bottles will look
to people who have never seen any like them.

Grandfather. In the guise that I have described to
you the men of Gibeon reached Gilgal, where the
Israelites’ camp was. They told Joshua and the leaders
of Israel that they were come from a far country, and
asked a league to be made with them: The leaders of
Israel suspected that this might not be true, and said,
“‘ Peradventure ye dwell among us, and how shall we
make a league with you?” This only made the Gibeon-
ites speak more humbly than before. They said to
Joshua, “ We are thy servants.” Joshua said, “ Who
are ye, and from whence come ye?” The Gibeonites in
their reply did not name their country; they called it a
very far country, wishing Joshua to understand that he
could not possibly know anything about it, and would
not be any wiser if they were to tell its name. They
gave their reason for coming ; it was because of the Lord,
the God of the Israelites: they said, “ We have heard of