Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:04:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Well of Miriam
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, thaughey wrote:

> The concept of a moving well is extra biblical.  There were, however,
> trade routes through the wilderness and wells along those routes.  There
> was one miracle where Moses struck a rock and water gushed out.  There
> is also moisture in manna and quailes which are mentioned.  Morning dew
> is mentioned, so there is at least some moisture available.  There's a
> cactus with fruit (nopalitos) which has an inside very much like
> watermellon.  Some sections of the wilderness may have been forested in
> that era.  --Tom Haughey

Cactus is a new world plant, however.  I remember Willy Ley being thankful
that, when a Sicilian sat down on a cactus, he didn't know where it
originally came from.

-- Dick Eney