The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-06-01
Correspondence Of The Caledonian
Letter from .Syr;5:.--No. :.
bEYRorTH. April 10, 1866

bllRoTrH. April 10, 1866.
Mr.. SroNH:-lt i certainly time
-dnull salute my friends from tire :. holy
places Fer more than month have
been travelling III paths ircqucnteI ~ pill
9liin>; have been i'll holy cities and holy
mOmtains. But all associations Of >pc-
rid >arrt'!ne$S with particular place.
make m think lhe more of the universal
conservation. Oar s,ayiors visit was 10
the whole world. and now it Is not al
Jerusalem OF OF Mount Gclizm that m,n
are especially TO worship. but everywhere
i'll spirit and in trulh Holmes, TO the.
Lord Is written upon the whole Globe.
But have been at Jaru-a!em and upon
Mount t'crizim. have seen those vcry
li2li~ upon which jesus looked when he
at weary with III, Journey and talked
with the woman OF ;,,til;iria at Jacob :
well. hope ior some pleasure III talkin.
with my friends about the Holy Land -
il i 80 mach better diam writing to them.
We calnc together IN Cairo--a party o.
five Americans, to which another vas
afterwards added. d.-m;ttie arrangements
with lbrahim. our lra9oman. Il Syrian OF
! BtyrGuth, and after some delay III Alex
lu,Irla embarked on board a French steam
cr from which we landed safely at jail.
/ the tenth OF March. Among oltr fellow
passengers wa, Dr. Thomson, OF Bcy-
routh, retu,'ii" from England. who gav,
Us not only the pleasure OF lis society but
iii. advantage OF lis most intelligent ~llg-
/ -c>tio!lS "a to cur route.
Travelling i'll Syria is very much /;
tAin4 OF routine. You may do more 0,
';o less; but more or less vOu are bount
10 10 what the general draGonan IN,
toarI>t Judgment has pointed out as til,
>.i!Iicient and proper thing, Fortunatci,
tIli~ i. Very nearly what YOU would wi,I
to do. Il i, hardly worth whih to di>
concert the movement ior any pecuiia
views OF ones own.
ihrahim WAS to take us and all pertain
iI,- 10 us-l. e, he was to provision, man
al. move us from Jail, to Jerusalem. til
.Ior,.m, Dad Sea, Hebron. Bethlehem
then Nortnward to Nabious. Iibrri;,>
Nazareth, Carmel, Tyre. Damascus, Bs,al
bee and Btyrouth Her, our contrac
w;,- to end and il has ended. Ny mine
ranges over the whole distance. 1t wa
almost IA forty days journey-throug
bride paths. sometime, over byautitl
plains, but oitcner over high lnountain
Whose everlasting rock has been poIislle,
and endless rolling stones made more rol
ing ~ the attrilion of weary feet. III
whole magnificent province las just OF
roal-ycry excellent ;'s a road and on tn
account q very shocking impertinence ;
respects the general stylc-l mean tt
French road from Beyrouth to Damascu
|, We perlornlel this journey in perft'
!. peace AMI safety despite certain w;.r ri>!
which all travellers III the East are undc
: stood to take. Oar Belouin guards to Il
Il Dead sea ma9niicd their calling BY hran'
& ishlng spears and furious riding rs If esp,
t. IN foes IN the distance: and at nil
. gave Us the odde3t OF dances and music
e match which we were Of course expecte
It TO appreciate III a generous buckohee>I
IS When We halted for the night the village
came out III force to look Us over and st