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Show Welcome Beacon The palm tree is always a welcome sight to a traveler In the arid plains of" the East, for there Is always sweet water to be found In its vicinity. If there are no "springing wells," or boiling springs to be seen, all natives know that water is to be found by digging dig-ging near to Its roots. Wherever there is an oasis in the sandy deserts Its presence is made known by the tall feathery palms, which promise the wanderer shade, refreshment and in the proper, long extended season, dates, the chief food of the Arabs, as welL |