The Wife Of The Latter, It Appeared, Had Been Carried Off
By Another Arab, Who Fearing The Vengeance Of The Injured Husband, Had
Gone To The Druse Sheikh Of Khabeb, And Having Secured His Dakhil
[Arabic], Or Protection, Returned To The Woman In The Ledja.
The Sheikh
sent word to the husband, cautioning him against taking any violent
measures against his enemy.
The husband, whom we here met with, wished
to persuade the Druses that the Dakhil of the Sheikh was unjust, and
that the adulterer ought to be left to his punishment. The Druse not
agreeing with him, he swore that nothing should prevent him from
shedding the blood of the man who had bereft him of his own blood; but I
was persuaded that he would not venture to carry his threat into effect;
for should he kill his enemy, the Druses would not fail to be revenged
upon the slayer or his family.
The outer Ledja is to be distinguished from the inner, on this side as
well as on that by which we entered it, the former being much less
rocky, and more fit for pasturage than the latter. On the borders of the
inner Ledja we passed several places where the mill-stones are made,
which I have mentioned in a former part of my journal. The stones are
cut horizontally out of the rocks, leaving holes of four or five feet in
depth, and as many in circumference; fifty or sixty of these excavations
are often met with in the circumference of a mile.
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