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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE BIBLICAL SALUTATION : PALESTINE 



Embracing one another, the head is put on the other's shoulder or neck, the latter being 

 bent forward, and in doing so the cheek or neck is kissed, alternating from one shoulder to 

 the other. "And Esau ran to meet him (Jacob) and embraced him, and fell upon his neck, 

 and kissed him." The Samaritans are the tallest people in Palestine. 



into one of the great copper pans, the 

 shoulders being put with the portion for 

 the priestly family and taken to the 

 prayer inclosure, just beyond the still 

 burning altar. 



EATING THE MEATS OF THE PASSOVER 



Some of the flesh, being overdone, falls 

 from the spits, and one of the men volun- 

 teers to rescue it. Winding bits of sack- 

 ing about his hands to prevent blister- 

 ing them, he is lowered into the oven. 

 Quickly the meat is collected in a basket. 



Only two men have remained near the 

 pit, and they become so engrossed with 

 the meat basket that the man in the pit is 

 temporarily forgotten. The heat is more 

 than anyone can endure longer than a 

 few seconds, but the shouts of the unfor- 

 tunate go unheeded until a Gentile sends 

 his fellows to the rescue. 



The members of the six Samaritan 

 families have now collected each around 

 one of the lambs — men, women, children, 

 and nursing babies. The elders and the 

 priests arrive, each girded about his 



