Nothing during the rest of that day's ride contributed so much to our entertainment as the conduct of the white baggage-horse. He was the pair of Sadowi, and of very similar appearance, but had not been selected to carry the Lady because he was, like most Arabs, and some Arab horses, blind of one eye. It had not at first dawned upon him that his companion had received promotion1, but the fact had been lately revealed by some accident, and had been working in his mind ever since. To-day things had come to a climax2, and he now perceived that not only had Sadowi escaped from the hateful and galling3 pack-saddle—in itself a preposterous4 load—not only had he a much lighter5 burden to carry, but he was giving himself airs of superiority, and travelling, as a rule, the foremost of the entire cavalcade6. Such autocracy7 was not to be endured, and could and should be put a stop to; if he reigned9 he should not reign8 alone. The creature, a worthy10 and excellent {162} baggage horse, doing his duty in his own state of life, now became self-willed and persistent11 under the overmastering influence of this dominant12 idea. We called him the "majnoon," the name which the Arabs give to the half-crazy men, generally derwishes, who wander about, living upon the alms of the benevolent13. He insisted on keeping up with his comrade. In spite of all inconveniences occasioned by his imperfect sight, his clumsy burden, he generally succeeded in remaining side by side with, or immediately behind, the Lady. If driven back he would persistently15 push his way past all the rest in turn, till he regained16 his position, loudly grunting17 dissatisfaction and determination. As we descended18 to the plain, and the broad caravan19 road allowed room for any number to ride abreast20 on the wide sands, the horse most accustomed to go beside Sadowi made several efforts to take up his usual position, always repulsed21 by the "majnoon." Sadowi himself, who received an occasional push from the unwieldy heap of baggage, especially when on the blind side of his companion, was not wholly pleased with the arrangement; but whenever the Lady tried to give a wider berth22 to her inconvenient23 {163} attendant, the "majnoon" always followed, discontentedly grunting at the extra strain of the additional pace he compelled himself to assume.
We had become, by this time, exceedingly conscious of the change of climate, which had occurred even since the morning, and much more so since we left the Belka. The gorges24 had been hot and close, the sands of the plain seemed to radiate heat, and the level rays of the sun, as we rode westward25, produced towards evening, that sense of brain fatigue26 indescribable to those who do not know their effect in an Oriental climate—to many far more exhausting than the direct heat and glare of midday. The moment, however, that the great god sank to rest behind the hills of Jud?a, we luxuriated to the full in the wonderful beauty of the brief twilight27. Away to the east, almost without our perceiving it, the purple hills arose once more to shut out from us that enchanted28 world of which we had taken one brief glimpse. A distant flame, lurid29 against the pearly sky, showed us that the charcoal-burners were still at work. Wreaths of white mist lay in the hollows of the mountains; while the clear mirror of the Dead Sea, stretching far as the eye could reach, reflected the hills of Jud?a, dark masses, {164} looking across the wide plain to the evening glow beyond. A single line, standing31 up like a needle against the west, showed us the Russian tower on the Mount of Olives, reminder32 of all that world of politics, and rivalry33, and ambition, of which for a few days we had so gladly lost sight. Even our old friend the jujube-tree, zizyphus, was here again, reminding us that we were once more in subtropical surroundings, and several times we had to stoop to the horses' necks to avoid its unwelcome embraces.
It was some hours since we had met with anything human; but, as the darkness gathered, the glare of camp fires broke out here and there, among the bushes, and, far away, the lights of Jericho seemed to beckon34 us to the repose35 we were beginning to need. Suddenly we came upon a weird36 scene—an assembly of the black tents of the Bedu, a bright fire in the midst. Quite a large number of men were gathered about the flaming pile, some preparing supper, others tending the animals—horses, asses30, camels—tethered beside the tents or left free to wander in search of food among the undergrowth of scrub. "Waiting to cross the Jordan Bridge," it was whispered among us, together with a warning that we must approach this Rubicon {165} as silently as possible, lest we should provoke the jealousy37 and rivalry of others less fortunate than ourselves, and cause superfluous38 discussion, and delay—for even those who had fulfilled the necessary conditions of a now practically unlimited39 quarantine, might not cross the river after sunset.
We rode on silently to the water's edge, and drew rein40 while Khalil went forward, barefoot, to secure the opening of the gates before we ventured in the darkness upon the slippery and rotten planks41. There was a cautious knocking, a long, low-toned parley42. Our mukari returned, and there was more parley among our leaders, and a suggestion made of "a few napoleons," emphatically negatived by the Professor. Khalil returned to his conference, and came back with a request for papers. The Arabic-speaking Sportsman, armed with a portentous43 sheaf of teskerys (local passports) and permits, went forward, soon returning, for an instant, to tell us to get off our horses, for the poor beasts, becoming restless, were making too much noise. This, we felt, implied that we must be resigned to further delay, and we stretched ourselves upon the sand, each securely holding the tether of his own horse, which would otherwise have {166} been off in an instant in search of food; for their supper hour was already past, and they had had nothing since yesterday.
Entertainment did not fail us. In the camp we had passed, the Bedu had finished their supper, and were now amusing themselves about the camp fire, which flared44 high, and showed every detail more clearly than daylight. First there was dancing and singing, both of the kind which seems to us so singularly uninspiring—the tunes45 moving over about four notes, the dance of about, perhaps, as many steps, accompanied by shouts and hand-clappings; men dancing with each other, of course, or rather opposite to each other, each occasionally resting his hands upon his neighbour's shoulders. When this amusement palled46, each kilted his kumbaz into his waistband as one has seen a Blue-coat School boy dispose of his very similar garment for precisely47 the same amusement, of playing—leapfrog! With long, bronzed limbs, clean cut as those of a race-horse, with not a superfluous pound of flesh and not an ounce that was not muscle, it was really exciting to see these children of the desert vying48 with each other in the familiar game, after a fashion which would be edifying49 at Eton or Harrow.
{167} No; it was not amusement that lacked, it was water! It was nearly eight hours since we had had those precious cups of tea at Ain es-Shech, and what we had brought away with us was, for the most part, finished. One member of the party, an especially thirsty soul, whose supply had long been exhausted50, looked with ever-increasing longing51 at the flask52 of the absent Sportsman. It was one of those admirable aluminium53 flasks54, covered with felt, which kept the liquid exquisitely55 cool and sweet, and it had been hanging all day at the saddle-bow, and must now be ice cold. The very thought added to his sufferings, as the beauty of that luscious56 apple on a hot Oriental noontide may have increased the longing of our mother Eve. "Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink!" The Jordan murmured sweetly at our feet, rippling57 gently, and shining silver clear in the starlight; but the cholera58 about the Lake of Galilee, whence came that tempting59 stream, was a real and mortal disease, and not the "backsheesh cholera" prevalent elsewhere. But that flask! He knew it to be half full—a fact which in itself showed that the Sportsman was not in thirsty mood: no man who knew anything of thirst—thirst such as this—thirst which made one indifferent to all {168} else—would carry about with him a supply of delicious, reviving nectar, medicine alike for body and soul—a pint60 of ice-cold tea! No; it was absolutely certain that were he here, that kindly61 Sportsman, he would press the gift upon him, insist upon his acceptance. Here in the East are there any laws so binding62, are there any rules of honour, of generosity63, so inflexible64 as those which concern the question of water? The most niggardly65 will give, the most selfish will share, the most churlish will not refuse. How long will that worthy Sportsman tarry?
There was a slight, a very slight, rustle66 in the darkness; something moved beside that treasured flask, truly "the cynosure67 of neighbouring eyes"; there was the suppressed sound of the withdrawing of a cork68, and the whole of the precious liquid went down the throat of the younger mukari! It was impossible to move, to speak; and if there be any test of endurance worse than thirst it is that, under certain circumstances, of compulsory69 self-suppression!
After that the return of this longed-for friend was a matter almost of indifference70, and the information he brought was but unimportant in the presence of that mighty71 thirst. The guardians72 of the bridge returned our papers, {169} which they probably could not read; they knew nothing of the Professor's special privileges, or considered them a mere73 pretext74 for the avoidance of backsheesh; there was cholera in Kerak; who was to say that we had not spent these ten days in Kerak?—quarantine was compulsory; no one crossed the bridge after sunset; they were heartless, relentless75, immovable, deaf to explanation. The hasty return of some Bedu, who had also striven to enter with a caravan of laden76 asses, and who, probably having some personal reason for travelling at this hour, would have no conscientious77 scruples78 in offering backsheesh, confirmed the report of the guardians' inflexibility79.
To pass the night, weary as we were, upon this dry sand, beside a cool, murmuring stream, with waving branches overhead, would be no special hardship. The camp fires about us would keep off the jackals, which were answering each other's cries across the plain; we had blankets, we had even food. Alas80! however, we had no drink, and then, our poor horses!—kind, patient servants that they were: to-day, at the end of, in some respects, the hardest day's work of the whole expedition, for, although they had done little climbing, their long twelve hours' {170} steady work had been endured in burning sun and without the refreshing81 breezes of the Belka. The three baggage animals had not even had the relief of nearly an hour's freedom from their burdens, such as the others had enjoyed, during the long conference. And again, for ourselves, how were we, some of us especially, to endure the continued thirst?
"Bonsoir, madame, bonsoir, messieurs! je regrette—je vous en prie—venez prendre un peu de café chez nous—vous reposer un peu!"
This messenger of mercy was a charming young man, beautifully dressed, smiling, debonnair, shaking hands with all of us in turn. In a few minutes we had walked across the bridge; the tramp behind us of our horses' feet was convincing that it was not all a dream; in a few minutes more we were seated about the door of a comfortable tent, carpets were under our feet, the Lady had an easy-chair, the men had stools; the light of a lantern showed comfortable domesticity within; we were drinking sherbet, we were revived with cognac, we were refreshed with fruit, and the preparation of coffee was in rapid progress.
By degrees we understood what had happened. The wardens82 of the bridge, after the fashion of {171} subordinates "clothed in a little brief authority," had taken our affairs into their own hands, and turned a deaf ear to all explanation. Somehow, however, the matter had finally come to the ears of the superior officer, an important functionary83, who at sunset, his duty done, had retired84 to his tent at some little distance. The name of the Professor, carried to intelligent ears, had had its immediate14 effect—and here we were, relieved of all apprehension85, and luxuriously86 awaiting the moonrise for the accomplishment87 of our journey.
Nothing could exceed the kindness of our welcome. Our new friend presented his card to each of us, and we in turn wrote down our names on paper, that all might feel friendly and at home. We discussed common acquaintances among the Jerusalem effendis, promised exchange of visits, sympathised as to the monotony of a solitary88 existence on the banks of the Jordan, and were interested in hearing—from a Moslem89—that such things were all very well for John the Baptist or Elijah, but now one's ideas were different. When conversation failed we ate nuts, almonds, delicious salted pistachios: an Arab, even in the wilderness90 of Jud?a, is certain to be not far from nuts. The spirit of hospitality was so diffused91 that when the Lady was about to reject one she was unable to {172} crack in her fingers, the negro servant gently took it, cracked it with his own gleaming teeth, and returned it to her.
He was one of those big negroes common in this country and known as haji (pilgrims), probably because they often arrive with the Mecca caravan, or even come on their own account to the mosque92 at Jerusalem, the secondary pilgrimage of the Moslem faith. They are employed as guardians of property, much as, at home, we employ watch-dogs, and may be seen everywhere, sitting at the doors of public buildings or at the gates of enclosed spaces. If you wish to enter a courtyard you knock at the door, and call out "Haj!" certain that a giant negro will appear upon the scene. They are said to be extraordinarily93 faithful, allowing themselves to be misused94 and beaten rather than depart from the strict letter of the commands they have received from their employers. The negro in question was clad in snow-white robes, and as he leaned up against the door of the tent in the starlight, absolutely motionless when not employed, the intense blackness of his countenance95 showing between his white turban and white kumbaz, it was difficult to realise that he was of ordinary humanity and not a picture in a fairy-tale book.
{173} Presently the moon looked over the heights of the mountains of Moab, just as last night she had arisen above the Jebel Osha, and, if only for the sake of our famishing steeds, we felt we must not delay. Our host insisted upon sending an escort with us, alleging96 the difficulty of finding the way among those weird hills and along the trackless sands. On being assured that our men were competent to conduct us he still most courteously97 insisted, and finally a sufficient reason transpired98 which, out of kindness, he had so far withheld99. It appeared that soldiers were secreted100 in the wilderness on the lookout101 for criminals, of some nature not specified102, who were expected to attempt to escape by night into the border country at the south end of the Dead Sea, the city of refuge for the desperate and lawless, and it was just possible we might have some inconvenience.
We gratefully accepted his kindness, and took our leave. We had already received a lesson in hospitality, now we were to have one in deportment. We could not but feel that our own adieux were lacking in grace, in gratitude103, in dignity, when compared with those of our friend; so gracious without empressement, so respectful without servility—in short, so entirely104 all that is {174} most attractive in the higher-class Oriental. The Professor, who had learned much in the school of Bedu, alone showed to advantage, and seemed to possess a courtesy not wholly graceless and European.
Our next lesson was in horsemanship. Our escorting soldier was as nearly ubiquitous as it was in the nature of man and horse to be. A distant caravan of camels showed sharp against the sky. He had flashed up to them, interrogated105 them, and was back, beating up our rear, and again in front, indicating the track we were to pursue; for Khalil had abandoned responsibility, and was frankly106 asleep on the top of a pile of baggage. Even the "majnoon" had wearily desisted from his ambitions, and had retired to the rear with his humbler companions.
If that strange world had seemed weird and visionary in the morning twilight, it was even more so under the moon, where the silent sand cities cast long shadows of a blackness so intense as to be comparable only to those of electric light. Indeed, this Oriental moonlight has nothing of that quality of softness—the half-revealing, half-concealing gleams, to which we are accustomed in the West. It is hard, clear, metallic107. It is a peculiarity108, perhaps, of this Syrian atmosphere {175} that outlines appear so sharp that they lose, apparently109, in solidity; in what artists call "the round," so that the distant view of Jerusalem, for example, has the effect of stage scenery, of an absolute lack of perspective, which makes it extraordinarily difficult to compare distances. Tonight, for instance, when a vista110 between the sand hills allowed us to perceive the village of Jericho, it seemed inconceivable that we should not reach it in a few minutes, and yet it was already after eleven o'clock before the splash of our horses' feet in the water, told us that we were crossing the brook111 Cherith.
At this point our soldier disappeared, flashed out of sight—his kind intention, as we soon found, being to arouse the haj, the solitary occupant of the hotel, and apprise112 him of our arrival. We had not to wait long before the gates were opened and the barking of the dogs exchanged for a kindly welcome. They were old friends, degenerate113 descendants of some far-away mastiff, and still more distant collie, who had made mésalliances with some son or daughter of the soil, and left traces of another race, much as we trace the Crusader in the blue eyes and fair hair, of which specimens114 remain, here and there, in almost every village in Syria.
{176} There was naturally no fire, and dreams of tea were destined115 to disappointment; but there were other combinations obtainable where water was good and abundant, from which we were not averse116. Have we not, some of us, drunk "Ben Nevis" on Mount Lebanon and "Talisker" in glens other than those of Skye? We had food with us, though our friends' hospitalities had left us little appetite, and we made no complaint—having water and towels—that sheets were not forthcoming. All that lacked, in this semi-tropical atmosphere, was a sweet-scented breeze from off the Belka.
We rose somewhat sadly next morning, and compared our twilight start with that of nine days ago—sad, not as so often happens, from any consciousness of anticipations117 unfulfilled, of hopes disappointed, but only because those golden days were now buried with the past.
We rested for some time at the Good Samaritan Inn, and wrote some picture postcards, to be stamped—strange anachronism—with the postmark Bon Samaritain! Perhaps twopence was a large sum in New Testament118 days, or it may be that good man had a long bill when he "came again"; or, still more likely, the progress of civilisation119 and of religion has relegated120 hospitality and trustworthiness to the ignorant and savage121 Bedu. Anyway, the shilling demanded seemed to us a good deal to pay for a cup of tea and a biscuit.
We had no further adventure, and stopped but once, to photograph the stone which Abraham brought on his back from some distant place—variously stated as Hebron and Damascus. Whoever shall place his back under that stone will be reinforced for carrying his own especial burden. We looked back now with a sense of familiar friendship at those grey hills, which had so lately been among the limitations of life, with a realisation of widened knowledge and added sympathies, which, on our return to the commonplace burdens of every day, should move us to thankfulness and not to regret. Each evening now the sunset glow would seem to smile to us from the faces of old friends, telling of a country beyond—fairer, purer, it may be, than ours, but in its friendships, its loves, its presentation of the beautiful, not very different from this.
We reached home in time for luncheon122, and it is fair to record that the "majnoon," grunting and breathless, was in at the death.
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