Arab and Druze at home

ARAB SHEIKH (Photo: The Photochrome Co. Ld.)
ARAB AND DRUZE AT HOME
A RECORD OF TRAVEL AND INTERCOURSE WITH THE PEOPLES EAST OF THE JORDAN
BY WILLIAM EWING, M.A. FIVE YEARS RESIDENT AT TIBERIAS
THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET W.C. AND EDINBURGH 1907
TO MY FATHER
TIBERIAS FROM THE SEA
The number of books published regarding Palestine proves the exhaustless fascination of the subject. Most of them, however, deal with Western Palestine; and even of this, beyond the districts traversed by the annual stream of tourists, comparatively little is heard.
The lands beyond the Jordan are seldom visited. For the ordinary sight-seer the difficulties and dangers are considerable; but these almost entirely vanish before one who can speak the language and is able to mingle freely with the people.
This book is an attempt to lift a little way the veil which still so largely obscures that region, in spite of its great and splendid history; where picturesque and beautiful scenery, the crumbling memorials of grey antiquity, and the life of villager and nomad to-day, cast a mysterious spell upon the spirit.
While the information given in the following pages is woven round the narrative of a single journey, it is the outcome of frequent travel and familiar intercourse with the peoples both east and west of Jordan.