Photo and copyright by Underwood & Underwood 

 Vimv FROM A "be;S-HIVE" village of the ARABS NORTHWARD OVER HARAN 



Out in the plain of Haran, where Abraham sojourned, the surveyors have driven their 

 stakes for the 'iron road' v^fithin eight or ten paces of the well which by ancient tradition 

 of the Arab tribes is the very well where Rebecca watered the camels at eventide. Soon 

 the freight trains will be rushing by and the camel caravans will be forced farther back into 

 the desert. 



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