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killed by themselves, 

 but refrain if their 

 death has been caused 

 by cold or the hand of 

 I *° an infidel, as they are 

 S then considered im- 



| >» pure. Locusts are 

 ^ 13 eaten after the legs, 

 o c wings, and heads have 

 | o been picked off. 

 ^ 8, They are either 

 S3 grilled or boiled and 

 "5 prepared with native 

 u wheat. If dried in the 

 [J sun they are ground 

 g to powder and mixed 

 with goats' or camels' 

 milk and cooked in fat 

 % g or butter and salt. Al- 

 * ^ most every animal de- 

 « £ vours locusts ; even 

 +J,+H camels appear to like 

 g them as food. 



O Mohammed, the 



^ ^'p Prophet, said: "Allah 

 g « I permits the Arabs to 

 £ § is ea -t only two kinds of 

 £j animals without cut- 



o ^1 ting their throats — 

 g ^ « fishes and grasshop- 

 ° & pers," and when asked 



oo -a ^ by a friend if he liked 



o 43 locusts, Mohammed 



w replied : "I wish that I 



2 ^ So had a large basketful 



B't to eat immediately." 

 c « Arab friends told 



B'~ me the following leg- 

 end: "The Virgin 



s ° Mary, Meriem Beut 



£ Omran (Mary, the 



& daughter of Omran), 



^ as she is called in 

 Arabic, prayed Allah 



« to give her flesh that 



x contained no blood ; 



^ so Allah sent locusts." 



A French officer in 



J Tunisia told me the 



q following story that 



u illustrates the Arab 



| character : 



An Arab C a i d 



'« sowed one of his large 



° fields with wheat. 



•J When it was ripe and 



H ready for harvesting, 



