The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-31


impossible 10 handle them with buokskin
gloves, Wherever there Il a strip Of soil on
the hilla or mountains, between this seams aud
dislooations Of the rocks, bushes grow thrifli-
ly, but forest trees are no where 10 be found,
certainly not in my travels, except between
the mound ofthe old city Of DAn,=-now cali
NJ Tell Er Cady,-the hill OF the Judge,
whore Jerebeam set up the worship Of idols
70 CpsareA Phillippi, where there are some
old oaks, 80 gnArlod and distorted In every
limb, that il makes Passer-by ache 10 look
AZ them.
Trees, however, of sxery kind, native and
oHDtiea, unlld 1ouriAh wherever planted. -
Olives ara numerous-but they are not uni
yersally diflusedthey sometimes cover a mile
or two In the vicinity OF towns and villages,
srt IN lg,rsl Ike eseLAEds= in New England.
They are exceedingly profitable aud might
cover the entire length aud breadth Of PAles-
tine. They live TO more than thousand
years. looking AS vigorously in extreme old
age, and yielding a. proGtAbly as a sApung Of
years growth. In the Garden Of Gethseu-
Ane there are suynn Of those trees, which Are
universally believed by this people To have
been standing at the commencement Of the
Christian Era.
They are large TO be sure yet on the high
eat elevation in the IIolyLAnd, the mountain
Of SAphAt, where the European jews in the
dioline Of life go to die, and where they de-
clare the trumpet viii be sounded to herald
TO the dispersed children Of IsreAl, the com
ing Of their Messiah, the olives arc exceed
ingly developed and thriAy,--whieh proves
with what success every neglected rod might
be dressed in beautiful foliage, while the oil,
the fruit aud the wood become an incaicula-
bic source Of wealth. when tho whales arc
extinct, olive oil, both for lights and culinary
purposes would, aud win become an iuyalua-
bic snhstitnte, at less than twenty-five cents
gallon, even in America Where there are
five acres now covered with olive trees there
might be five thousand
Barns are not required in Syria-no hay
ever being cut or in demAnd-cAttlo, goats,
sheep, &c, having excellent feed tho year
round. Horses are Ear better managed in
Syria than in England or the United States,
more spirited, and endure the severost kinds
OF fatigue better than in any part Of Europe
or our own best Of countries. The system Of
feeding, which is uniform throughout the East,
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pounding, analogous TO being cut. IL is put
in a small bag containing perhaps a peck,
mixed with four quarts OF barley or beans
In Egypt beans are preferred. When put
np for tho night, the hail Of the bag contain
ing their supper Is clipped over rhetr-'rn
and they are lefl 20 make their meal and ther
have regular nights sleep. Early in thu
morning the meas is rcpeAted-nothing NOR,
being given. Fresh hay is never given then
in fact, no such article is known. / hav'
ridden ono hors6 twenty dAys--oflen ter
hours at time-without ever stopping d
bait.
No such custom as luncheon for horses J
recognized. Night and morning are the mea
times for them, fr's donkeys, mules and cam
els. Their endurance under immense loads
day after day, surefootedness and vivacity
are extraordin4ry,and Il theme Of admiration
One month in a year, June, they are turne
out leisurely 20 grass, and thon the dry stra'
and provcnder is invariably resumed
this connection, it may be mentioned that i
shooting horses, the people OF the Orient ar
: far in the advance OF us. The shoe is thi
piece of iron plato, covering the entire und'
surface of the hoef except small oval ho
for the exit Of the frog, which is pressc
|. through and RECEIVERS its position by an ella
tic movement when the foot is raised. TT
shoe, therefore, is not burden, bnt gem
: inc protection, vastly better than ours Of
pound weight each. .rrr
Mechanical ingenuity IS not to be found
the country. Jerusalem especially, has N
mechanic In it who would DO permitted
: handle tool in New England. Damascu
y the oldest inhabited city on the globe, CIV,
when Abraham was wandering over the hi
n and through the rEviuGs of Judca=-aboun
o with them, but Yankee cannot suppress h
o laughter while looking at their old machine
queer contrivanccs and bungling msnufa
IS lures, all of which, aside from silk weavin
;, are two centuries behind the Egcs Eve
one Of them sit at their work fiat on the floc
rs All the principal streets are covered, abo
: thirty feet from the ground, in which Sho
= keepers and mechanics display their me
. chandise and wares. Dry goods merchar
N have platform about two feet wide iuttil
~ out in front of a series OF shelves, four, &
and six feet high. There they smoke on fc
Is ever, IL no customer appears. All the hu
Z fr1csy r11siScrs and saadiers are iaa bazaar
IS themselves; 80 are the shoe-makers, cabin'
10 makers, tailors, &c, &c, beyond enumer
'e ton. IS, ..1.r sar 'i
Or The Jewellers and siIvepmiths are eley
y ted on squares Of raised earth, about nine 4
ID on side, four feet from the ground wi
q narrow lanes between them, whore spectatc
cs and customers pass aloug. How they c
. produce tho elegant specimens OF cham woi
4 embossed silver and accomplish apparent
30 very difficult feats in art with the rudest A
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