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I should mention how noticeable in Palestine
and Syria are the large earthen jars which serve to contain in
households the domestic supplies of the family, such as grain
and other things. Upon seeing them one ceases to doubt the
possibility of Ali Baba’s forty thieves being concealed each
one in a jar. A story which is very captivating to the boyish
mind, at the same time that his incredulity is excited by no
such jars existing in America
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