182 ' THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAR cioiis tyranny of their Governors. One of them 
^— V — > said, " Beggars in England are happier and 
better than we poor Arahs^ " Why better ? " 
said one of our party. " Happier,"' replied the 
Arab who had made the observation, "in a good 
Government : better, because they ivill not endure a. 
had one.' 
The plants near the town were almost all 
withered. We found only four of v/hich we 
were able to select tolerable specimens. These 
were, the new species of Dianthus mentioned in 
the account of our journey from SepJioury ; the 
Syrian Pink, or Dianthus Monadelphus^ ; the 
Armni Copticum'^ ; and the Anethum graveolens^ : 
these we carefully placed in our herbary, as 
memorials of the interesting spot on which they 
were collected. We observed the manner of 
collecting the harvest : it is carried upon the 
backs of camels : and the corn being afterwards 
placed in heaps, is trodden out by bullocks 
walking in a circle ; something like the mode of 
treading corn in the Crimea, where horses are 
used for this purpose. 
The second night after our arrivaj, as soon as 
{]) rente?tat. {'2,) Linn. {2.) Linti. &t Ihll. 
