FARMING IMPLEMENTS 130 A SOWER 132 CHILDREN GLEANING 132 THRESHING 140 A THRESHING SCENE IN THE OLD POOL AT BETHEL 140 1. HAND SPINNING 2. REELING 3. STRAIGHTENING THREADS FOR 142 LOOM VARIOUS ARTICLES MADE OF SKIN: BOTTLES, BAGS, POUCHES 150 AND BUCKETS A MARKET SCENE: PEASANTRY NEAR DAVID’S TOWER, JERUSALEM 154 WOMEN AT THE SPRING 164 FOUNTAIN AT NAZARETH 164 A HOUSE-ROOFING BEE (ET TAYYIBEH) 172 A RÂM ALLÂH MATRON AT HER OWN DOOR 187 CAMEL CARRYING A ROPE NET FILLED WITH CLAY JARS 194 RÂM ALLÂH, AS ENTERED BY THE SINUOUS, WALLED LANE FROM 194 THE EAST LITTLE GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE 196 THE VILLAGE OF RÂM ALLÂH AND OUTLYING VINEYARDS 204 EL-BIREH (FROM THE SOUTH) 212 VINEYARDS AND STONE WATCH TOWERS 220 PEASANT PLOWING 220 PRIMITIVE RUG WEAVING (BEDAWIN) 230 STRAW MAT AND BASKET MAKING: JIFNA WOMAN 230 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _The PEASANTRY of_ PALESTINE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY. THE COUNTRY OF WESTERN PALESTINE. GENERAL FEATURES