68 3 THE LAND OF THE ARABS.

Next we will look at the camels.
animals are more useful than horses to the Arabs.
One kind of camel is used for speed, and another

These Arabia takes the place of wheat as used in our
own land, of rice in Japan and of fruit in Java.
Should you like to look into one of the wells?

for carrying heavy loads. The former will run It is only a few feet in depth, and the sides are

one hundred miles a day, and in
the cool part of the year will
sometimes travel eight days with-
out drinking.

Camels are to the Arabs what
reindeer are to the Lapps. For
supper to-day we shall drink the
milk of the camel,.and eat its
boiled flesh. We shall have fresh
butter and cheese, but these are
made of goat’s milk.

The hair of the camel is soft
and fine. It is used in making
cloth. The tents of the Arab
tribes that live in the desert are
made of this kind of cloth. We

need not stop to look at the sheep and cattle,
for we can see many like them in our own land.

Let us go into the gardens. Here are bright
flowers, and the scent of sweet herbs fills the
air. The stifling wind never reaches this fertile

region.
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Studying the Koran.

i As far as the eye can reach, beautiful date
trees wave in the valleys. For breakfast to-morrow
‘we shall’ have fresh dates and also sweet cakes

made of the same kind of fruit.

 

 

Date Palm,

built of stone. In the desert the
wells are much deeper. All the
gardens of this land are watered
from wells, for the seasons are
often very dry.

Coffee is the chief drink of the
Arabs. The coffee berries grow
on the hilly lands, near the strait
that forms the outlet of the Red
sea.

Some Arabs live in good houses
of stone or of wood. The people
are very kind and polite, and we
are sorry to leave the dusky
white boys, but we must begin
our long journey back to the

dearest land of all, — America.

What bodies of water should you have to cross in going
from your home to Arabia?

Of what grand division is Arabia a part?

In deserts, why are camels more useful than horses are?

Name some animals that are found in Arabia?

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Inside of an Arab House.

Of what use are camels to Arabs?

What do Arabs eat? What berries that grow in Arabia
are used to flavor drink ?

Where else does coffee grow?