Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-24

I on the ground, chewing their cuds. All
have their herdsmen There are no
fences In Egypt, and the fields are
bounded by imaginary lines. Some
times the limits may be told BY tn.
bitches. or the little embankmentg
made for irrigation.
II was as stock raisers that the Is
raeiitas came into Egypt They were
pastoral people, and II may have been
for that reason that Joseph had Pha-
raoh give them this land OF Goshen,
the eastern part Of which IL fringed BY
the desert with places Of scanty vege-
tdtlon. where the stock could Craze.
To-day the land Is well cultivated.
Most OF the fields are kept like gardens.
and see half-naked men bending over
and digging the soil with great mat
tocks Here the farmers are piowing.
using the s1me one-handcd pillow Of the
days OF the scriptures, Some of them
have dontcys and buffaloes hitched to-
gcthcr ana nov and then one secs
pillow dragged along bV n COW. and a
camel There is much artificial irrlCa-
ton. and the water Is lifted from level
70 level 10y men with buckets and
baskets ~ which ropes are slung In
other places the water IS raised BY the
stklych, "a rude wheel which Is turned
BY the cogs of another wheel. set at
right angles 10 o. on the psrpendlcu-
Tyr wheel clay Jars are fastened. and az
this moves through tho water these on
and turning empty themselves into the
trouRhs which lead to the little canals
ana the hclds. Tho motive power In
this case ~ "a hludf0lded camel. bul.
lock or donkey, tho animal going
around like q horse IN an old-fash ,oned
bark mill MANY OF the fields arc now
under water and the silverv streams
shine out through the emerald green
OF the rrops.
THE VILLAGES or GOSHEN.
When the Israelitcs FIRST came to
q hon they probably lived In tents
such as the Bedouins use today These
1re made of Sleeps wool or goats
hair, fudcly woven by hand. They are
upheld by ropes and poles and are so
low that the people must crawl into
them. We know that Abraham lived
In tent and IL Is probable that this
was the case with Isaac and Jacob.
After coming TO Goshen the israel
ties PROBABLY copied the houses Of the
Egyptians and built villages Of mud
huts not unlike those ! now see These
houses are rude To an extreme. Many
Of them are not over 20 feet square.
they have Hat roofs and are often so
low that ono can look over them as
he rides by them on q camel. There are
no gardens or lawns about them. They
face the street and are huddled to-
rethcr without regard to beauty or
comfort.
The roofs form the woodward Of the
people below. The only fuel used is
straw or the bushes from
which the cotton has been picked. This
stun is tied up IN bundles and laid
way on the roofs until used.
There are nut few trees TO he seen.
Now and then an acacia grows along
he roadway. and here and there over
he country are clumps Of date palms
Thcre are occasional fruit gardens. and
me frequently passes an. orchard load
al with oranges.
Tho roads are usually high above the /
est Of the country. They run along
he canals. and consist OF the dirt built !
~ to hold back the waters. The side I
o3ds are chiefly camel paths or foot ,
iatns, and one sees everywhere the |
raflc moving along through the fields !
even on the chief roads there are very /
cv wagons The most Of the freight Is /
'arricd on donkcys and cameis, and |
hey form the chief riding animals as !
veu Long legged Egyptians in tur- /
PANS and gowns cit on the Pumps OF |
title donkeYs, their feet almost drag |
King; and fierce looking Bedouins their !
icaddresses tied on with ropes. bob up 4,
md down n s they ride on their camels,
heir heads apparently bowling at every