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What impressed him most, however, was the utter barrenness of the land; he could find no fields under cultivation, and he recalled the lush, dark loarn of Russia. Only one favorable comment could be made of the man: he was no worse than the Christian priests who served this little town during the death throes ofthe Byzantine empire in Palestine. Tabari finished reading the firman he smiled, for it meant that the mufti's bribe had been ineffectual even at ed it: We have the great, primitive trunk of Judaism and we also have the branch-tip flowering of Christia

h quarter came a motley crowd led by six men in long brown robes, each marked by a bright yellow star. It is for him to say, Abulafia replied, pointing to Zaki. Zaki, we meant no offense. The men and girls inched forward.