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boulders, having a wink. This was the worst stunt we have yet had and the natives of the E.L.C. & C.T.C. were dying in scores between here & Jerusalem owing to the cold & wet. Camels & horses were lying dead on the line of March, the natives cutting up the camels for their flesh.
17: After spending an awful night, we left Beitin at 9 a.m., losing no less than four of our twenty horses en route, owing to the cold. Men were leading horses which had gone lame & I had to walk & lead two horses – owing to them knocking up – a distance of 9 miles to Bethlehem, reaching here at 6 p.m. Rain ceased during the night, so we lit a fire & sat around drying our clothes & nap
18: Word came through of a stunt to Jericho, but the Jordan banks are under water & impossible to cross the river; so it was cancelled.
20: Left Bethlehem at 6 p.m. in fine weather, carrying 48 hours rations for men & horses & a days food on camels. Reached Tel-at-ed Dumm at 2 a.m. next morning, staying here till 6 p.m., when we moved on to the wadi Kelt, camping here till 4 a.m. on the 23rd.