'Ventures Among the Arabs in Desert, Tent and Town; Thirteen Years of Pioneer Missionary Life with the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom and Arabia baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... in my company, for he got the length of my tongue, and a reminder that it was neither politic nor advisable for him to call an Englishman a dog. He took the scolding and the warning meekly, and I hope became a wiser and more cautious man; if nothing else, he certainly became a quieter one. About ten o'clock we saw the flames of campfires and soon alighted at the guest-tent. The people knew me and were sorry to see me a prisoner. They were not slow to tell the soldiers how I had helped them in times past, one man giving visible proof by showing the mark on his arm where he had been cut by a spear and I had sewn it up. That night I slept between my captors, and early next morning was roused and escorted on the journey. After about four hours we reached the place from whence the soldiers had come. They took me to the government house and delivered me to the official in charge there. He soon found that he had no great catch in me, but told me that I must return to Jerusalem under escort, as his orders were that no traveller was to pass that way without special permission from Constantinople. I stayed a week in that Arab city, disposed of most of my books, and then in charge of three soldiers was sent to Jerusalem. The first attempt had ended in seeming failure, but some knowledge and experience had been gained, which afterward came in useful. My disappointment was His appointment, and was for a wise purpose. Early the next spring I set out again, this time in company with a gentleman who for geographical purposes and scientific research was visiting Edom and going to Maan. As he had government permission, we in due time reached the place I had set out for on my previous trip, but failed to reach. After a few days in Maan my friend returned, leaving me alone, w...