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OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES 



regions, who grow it to perfection, and down to 

 the present time, have obtained from it " bread, 

 wine, and honey." 



FIG. 19. Branches of Olive Tree with Olives. 



There is a very interesting story about 

 Mohammed (who lived from 571 to 632 A.D.) and 

 the dates which may further help us to understand 

 something about the difficulties of date-growing. 

 We noticed that Herodotus expressly says that not 



