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BEDUIN OF THE SYRIAN DESERT ARMED AGAINST ADVENTURE |
PICTURESQUE DRESS OF SYRIAN ARABS |
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| Mounted on his fleet Arab and well equipped with rifle and ammunition the nomad Beduin of the vast Syrian sands is supreme in this his native element. Swooping suddenly down upon caravan or village, bands of these wild nomads are away again before, in the shock of surprise, reprisals are even thought of. Yet they can be courteous, too, as many a desert traveller has found | No people exists which is more proud of its nationality and intolerant of foreigners than the Arabs. Europeans are regarded as heaven-sent sources of wealth, but the rest as mere unbelievers |