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Show NEVER BEYOND RIFLE SHOT Farmer In the Hast Jordan Country Had to Be Constantly In Reach of Protection. "Towers In Jorti3a!em" strengthened .ho walls, which wero somowhat out jf repair. "Towers In tho desort" nnd "wells" wero two nbsolutoly ossontlal necessities necessi-ties In tho Eaut Jordan country In Uzzlnh's dn and to tho present hour. In 1001 I vlsltotl Shobek, a fortified 'own less than fifty mllos south of Amman, and, whllo standing on Its Hugo fortifications, wus told that tha limit of Its cultivated lanns was tlxed by tho dlstanco a rifle would send a bullet. In tho snnio caBtlo was a well with 365 stops cut In tho uolld rod: leading to tho precious water supply. Wolls woro dug at gn.t oxpenso whoro wnter was known or supposed to exist, but for every, ono well thcro woro thousands of cisterns nnd pools "hewed out" of tho solid rock. Roth pools nnd cisterns woro protected In many places hy walls and towors of dofenso. In my Journoys east of tho Jordan I hnvo no doubt passed many ruins and towers dating from Uzzlah's tlmo. Christian Herald. |