Six and one abroad (1914) (14782163024)

Identifier: sixoneabroad00thom (find matches)
Title: Six and one abroad
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Thomas, Sidney J., 1868-
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Publisher: (Austin, Tex.) Printed by E.L. Steck
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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hn the Baptist, in a series of out-door sermons, wastaking Herod severely to task for his adultery. Herod himselfcared little for the criticism, but Herodias demanded Johnsarrest, and Salome, her daughter, requested and secured hishead. An interesting sequel to this story is to the effect thatSalome married a Roman general, who was afterwards trans-ferred to Spain, and that while skating on the ice of a riverthere, she fell through and her head was severed from her bodyby the sharp edges of the ice. This may or may not be true;it is immaterial now. I stood in the early morning on the pier that juts out intothe lake at Tiberias, in company with several ladies and amonga number of Arabs of both sexes who had been fishing and hadjust brought in the results of their operations. The fish, of auniform size and weight, were dumped on the pier in a pal-pitating mound several feet high. This was the city market,and a brisk business in live fish was being done. The natives 94 Six and One Abroad
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Lake Galilee and Nazareth 95 came in tlirong.s. The scales used were a primitive affair, andthe weights were rocks of different sizes. The morning was damp and exceedingly chilly. The nativeshad their heads and trunks swarthed in an abundance of cloth,hut their shins and feet were bare. Presently a stalwart Arabremoved his headgear and laid it aside, then untied his girdleand dropped it, and was in the act of taking off the only remain-ing garment, when it occurred to the lady visitors that it wastime to return to the hotel. They had scarcely turned theirback when the scalawag stripped stark naked, and unabashedin the presence of the women and children of his o\\ti kind,plunged into the water. He was back shortly with his skiffand offering to take us for an ante-breakfast ride. Til)erias is a typical Arab and Turkish town; that is, it isunclean and offensive, and the inhabitants are about as lowin the scale of civilization as mankind ever gets. It was asupreme delight to leave the fet