Some females, on the other hand, go abroad with their faces totally uncovered.

These are, however, exceptional cases.
The women carry their water-pitchers on their head or shoulder, as their ancestors have done for thousands of years, in the manner we find represented in the oldest pictures.

But unfortunately I could discover neither the grace in their gait, the dignity in their movements, nor the physical beauty in their appearance, that I had been led to expect.

On the contrary, I found squalor and poverty more prevalent than I had thought possible.

We rode on amid the gardens, every moment meeting a little caravan of camels.
Immediately beyond the gardens we descry the fruitful valley of Sharon, extending more than eight miles in length, and to a still greater distance in breadth.