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Date: Dates, tamr, were of prime importance to survival in the desert. They were ideal food, readily obtainable as they grew in all the oases, non-perishable, easy to consume, economical to transport, provided excellent nutrition as a balance to the other main dietary constituents and were relatively cheap. Thirty pounds of good dates cost 1 real (then equivalent to 4 shillings) in the 1870's whereas a goat cost 2 reals. Dates were also fodder for camels on a regular basis. For a few months of the year during the date harvest, the fresh dates from the oases provided a welcome alternative to the the usual fare of dried dates. "the best stems, upon which hanged with the ripe, the half-ripe purple berries, which thus at the mellowing, and full of sappy sweetness, they call belah; the Arabs account them very wholesome and refreshing."
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