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Photo by the American Colony at Jerusalem 



A primitive; irrigating whe;.el outside of jerusaeem 



Up to a few years ago the lifting of water from these wells in most parts of Palestine 

 was done bj'' a rude mechanism on the principle of the "horse-power," turned by a mule or 

 camel. Damascus gets its water supply through the rivers that come down from snowy 

 Mt. Hermon (see text, page 293). 



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