The Jordan Valley And Petra Vol 2 Of 2 Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Jordan Valley and Petra, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Libbey and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Jordan Valley and Petra, Vol. 2 of 2 Riding time between Kerak and Tafileh was five and a half hours one day, and four and a half the next, or ten hours in all. But our muleteers re quired seven and six hours, or thirteen hours in all, which would have been an impossibility for any winter day, and cruelty to men and animals in the heat and drought of summer. From Tafileh to Ain el Gelaidat, we took four hours, and on to Shobek in five hours, but our muleteers required five and six and a half hours respectively, or nearly twelve hours in all. To journey thirteen hours one day, with muleteers and camping outfit, and twelve the next, not mentioning the time and labor required to take down and set up the tents, is not pleasure, but unnecessary hardship and even cruelty. The stage from Shobek to the Sik, or entrance to Petra, can be made easily by the muleteers in six and a half hours, and therefore with comfort. A large part of the difficulties and dangers encountered by travellers in such regions arises from their attempt ing to do too much, or to do the impossible. Mules and muleteers can do very hard work, and stand much hardship, if only they can have food and rest and be treated fairly. But when driven beyond their strength, the men lose their tempers, the mules get sore backs, and if cold and rainy weather or the pangs of thirst are added, camp life loses all its charms. The pleasures of a whole jour ney may be dissipated by the attempt to save or gain a day at the wrong place. And those who elect, as we did, to take muleteers into a country.50m 9. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.