[Illustration: AN ARAB TENT. The goatskin slung on a tripod is full of
water for the use of the family.]
If they saw our mules in trouble, or found us pitching our camp, they
were always ready to lend a hand without any idea of getting a reward
or a tip for doing so.
They have a good deal of the Scout in them, and many tribes of them do
not know what it is to live in a house-they are "nomads," that is,
they are wanderers, and live always in tents, moving with their flocks
and families from place to place where the grass gives the best
pasture for their sheep and goats.
Their tents are large, low, widespread awnings of black or brown
goats'-hair cloth, supported on numerous short poles.
The tent ropes stretch in various directions, and round the whole they
put up a hedge or "zareeba" of thorn bushes to keep out the jackals,
and to keep in their goats during the night.
In front of the tent hangs a goatskin slung on a tripod, and full of
water for the use of the family.
Many Arabs are well behaved and hospitable to strangers.
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