Ha i n k g i n s i io n o f p a i . k s i in k T he Dean o f Westminster, on the “ obstacles" before the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey: And these labours had to be carried out. not with the assistance of those on the spot, but in spile of the absurd obstacles thrown in the way of work by that singular union of craft, ignorancc and stupidity, which can only be found in Orientals. Lord Kitchcner on the Survey o f Galilee: We hope to rescue from the hands of that ruthless destroyer, the uneducated Arab, one of the most interesting ruins in Palestine, hallowed by footprints of our Lord, I allude to the synagogue of Capernaum, which is rapidly disappearing owing to the stones being burnt for lime. O ne C . R. C onder in his “ Present Condition o f Palestine": The native peasantry are well worth a few words of descrip­ tion, They arc brutally ignorant, fanatical, and above all, inveterate liars; yet they have qualities *which would, if developed, render them a useful population. (He cites their cleverness, energy, and endurance for pain, heat, etc.] Sir Flinders Petrie: The Arab has a vast balance of romance put to his credit very needlessly. He is as disgustingly incapable as most other savages, and no more worth romancing about than Red In­ dians or Maoris, I shall be glad to return to the comparatively shrewd and sensible Egyptians. Charles Clerm ont-G anneau’s reflections on "T h e Arabs in Palestine": Arab civilization is a mere deception—-it no more exists than the horrors of Arab conquest. It is but the last gleam of Greek and Roman civilization gradually dying out in the powerless but respectful hands of Islam.