...care of housekeeping, they work the tentcoverings of goats' hair, and the woollen carpets which are inferior only to those of Persian manufacture. Their looms are of primitive simplicity ; they do not use a shuttle, but pass the woof with their hands. They seem to have made great progress in the art...

...very laborious ;... they work the tent coverings of goats'-hair, and the woollen carpets, which are inferior only to those of Persian manufacture. Their...of the shuttle, but pass the woof with their hands. The wool of their carpets is of the ordinary kind ; the carpets are about seven feet long and three...

...woollen carpets, which are inferior only to those wrought by the women of the Tahtar tribes in Persia. Their looms are of primitive simplicity ; they do...of the shuttle, but pass the woof with their hands. When we bear in mind the frequent mention of rich dyes among the Israelites in their wandering state,...

...very laborious ; . . . they work the tent-coverings of goats' hair, and the woollen carpets, which are inferior only to those of Persian manufacture. Their...of the shuttle, but pass the woof with their hands. The wool of their carpets is of the ordinary kind ; the carpets are about seven feet long and three...