Books on the East, 10. Borrowing and lending, 122-24, 215. _Bosom_, in the translation of the Bible, 267. Bread, unleavened, 150; not to be eaten until errand is known, 191, 192; considered to possess mystic sacred significance, 193; the "life-giver, " 194; offering of, 194; of life, Christ, 194; "our daily bread, " 196, 197; the Oriental's attitude toward, is religious, 197; the process of mixing, 198-200; the process of baking, 200-02; bought by weight, 203; always eaten with a sense of sacredness, 237, 238; carried on a journey, 250, 251; does not mould in Syria, 251. Bread and salt, 191-95, 238. _Bûrghûl_, an article of food, 402. Burning pit, the, 201. Burying-places in the East, 370, 371. "Business success, " 53. Cakes of the Bible, 374-76. Cameleers, 260-63, 265. Camels, caravans of, 259, 260; the watering of, 261, 262; riding on, 262, 263. Caravans, 259, 260. Carnivals, 233. Carob tree, the, 158, 159. Carrying children on the shoulder, 389-91. Chaff, 379. Childlessness, evidence of divine disfavor, 20, 23. Children, a heritage from the Lord, 23, 24; presentation of, at the temple, 37; owe obedience to both mother and father, 335, 336; carrying on the shoulder, 389-91. Christ. _See_ Jesus. Christian Church. _See_ Church. Christians, oaths of, 170, 171; Syrian, of the Semitic stock, have had little to do with the development of creeds, 404; creed of the Palestinian, 406. Christmas, 41. Christmas carol, 41, 45. Church, spoken of as the vine which God has planted, 281; the origin and the expansion and organization of, 405; division of, 407, 408. Churches, of Syria, 407, 408; the Greek and the Latin, 407; the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox, 408. Clarke, Adam, and Jesus pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 49; on the parable of the treasure hid in the field, 161, 162. Clocks in Syria, 277 n. Clothing made at home in Syria, 363. _Coat_ and _cloak_, the words, 121, 253. Cock crow, 397-99. Coin, lost, parable of the, 152-55. Coming of the Son of man, the, 400-03. Conception, attitude of the Syrian mind toward, 20-25; attitude of the American mind toward, 23, 24. Constantinople, 405, 407. Corruption, fermentation considered to be, 151, 152. Couches, reclining on, 227-30; sleeping on, 271, 272. Courtesy, example of Oriental, 370-73. Creed-makers of Christendom, 128. Creeds, 403, 404, 407, 409, 410. Crier from the housetop, 273, 274. Critics, of the Bible, 41, 119, 128; of Paul and Christianity, 328; higher, 408. Crowds, 222-24. Crowing of the cock, 397-99. Crucifixion, the story of the, 395-97. Culture gives strength and symmetry to religious thought, 85. Curses. _See_ Imprecations. Curtness of the Anglo-Saxon, 108. Da Vinci, Leonardo, his painting of The Last Supper, 58, 59, 67. Dependence of the Oriental, 72, 73. Dialects of the Oriental's speech, 175-78. "Dipping in the dish, " 58, 60, 61. Disobedience, 54, 335, 336. Distaff, the, 359, 360. Dough, 373. Drawing water, 261.