The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

men. with fair faces. bronzcd By the
sun. They stay out all day on tho hills
with the sheep. driving them into the
villages at night Each shepherd has
his STAFF and his scrip. q little bag Of
dried skin. He uses sling ar David
did. and stones his sheep to Keep them
from straying. Tho strings OF the
sings are of goat hair, and tho pad
Tor the stone is OF the same material
| often ,!nadc with a slit IN the middle
so that when stone Is put in the sling
fits sclosc Ike bag. Such things ara
/ hoys of the villages who practice to
sec who can throw tho farthest,
The wool of these sheep is cspe-
cially fine. 1t brings q higher price
than that of Damascus. and something
like n million dollars worth OF it is
exported year. The shcaring Is done
| by hand, and mich of the wool is SOLD
unwashed. Some is washed after
shcnring. the work being done by wo-
men. who receive less than shilling
Il day.
Nearly every flock OF sheep has It's
goats They are usually black and
| can be picked ont ut d great distance
Some of tho goats produce excellent
milk. and the best as much as three
| quarts a day.
In the shcepfoIds.
There is great deal in tho Eble
about tho shcepfclds. These are com
mon in Palestine. In the villages. there
are often correls and sometimes caves
In the hills. The village folds are
closed at night. and tho shepherds keep
| the keys. Those of the mountains are
usually open. and the sheep go in and
out as they will.
one OF the most important duties of
the shepherd is 10 water tho flock. He
| does this at streams or wells. At the
wells the women draw the water for
the sheep. as they did In the days of
me scriptures; They use bags of goat
skin Unframed. The skins are taken
| almost whole from the goats. and the
legs and other openings tied up so that
the skin is waterproof. There is hut
ono hoic at tho throat. and 1t is in
This mat the water is poured. The
water for tho household Is carried In,
such bags, a network of ropcs hcin,,
wrapped around them SO that il can
De rested upon the back the bag being
supported by rope around tho fore
| head. y bsS of the ordinary sizo
when filled, weighs at least lfty
pounds. The women go along with
their heads bent half double, carrying
such nass 10 their village homes. Thoy
do this day after day all their Iivcs
long. ''ScS
Camels and DonI<eys.
Inc Palestine OF to-day is a land OF
donkeys and camels. I supposc tho
latter are about the Same as those
| owned by Job. They are reared in
Beersheba. where the people largely
1.-Two on their milk. The camel Is tho
, freight car of Palestine I have seen
many caravans of them in going oycr
the country. On my way here we
passed some camels which the Bedouin
| drivers were shearing. They were
clipping the wool from the lneeling
blasts. which cried and moaned and
now and then uttered shrieks as the
shears shipped off bits of their flesh.
j Not a few shed actual tears. The wool
! OF these camels is woven Into a coarse
(, cloth, which is used FOR weaving the
| coverings of the Bedouin tents.
AS far as can sec, these camels Of
the --oly Land have no easy Job. Thev
/ carry loads OF three or four hundred
pounds each, and on short trips their
packs are loft on day and night. They
begin TO work at three years, and often
last until they arc twenty-five years of
age. The best OF them bring from 500
to 500 apiece and tho poorest from
i s9S to $50.
AS to tho donkeyp, they are much
cheaper. They form tho draft animals
of the poor. and arc used by tho far
mers for carrying vegetables and wood
into market. I SEQ them loaded with
| olive roots on their way to Jerusalem
Z and now and then pass donkey cara
van, every animal carrying n bag of
(, grain which has been balanced unop