Familiar friend, the, [193].

Family, spoken of as a vine, [281].

Farmer, the American, [285]; the Syrian, [286-94].

Fasting, [15].

Feasts, fraternal, in Syria, [56-69], [221]; family, [231-38].

Fecundity, a gift of the Lord, [20]; leaven a symbol of, [150].

Feet, washing and anointing, [226-28]; unclean in a ceremonial sense, [228], [292].

Fermentation, considered to be corruption, [151], [152].

Fig tree, and the vine, the Oriental's chief joys, [280]; sitting under, [281], [282].

Filial obedience, [51-55], [335], [336].