, 1870-12-15

!
terence u 5ou do not start on thu hour
punctue1ly Got your nics little doakeY ex.u,-
slon3- Thehntbub aad uoceEt4ints OF gctt.us
on is simply entertaining. and one Of tae de-
ligAitul tealnfes. But ID 8,ria you Lava your
dax4s jon1nsy marked ont before you: ypu
Or ihe Eatca CT the city viii b. closed, aud il
would not be pleasant to bo found ont any-
abero II sunset, with low Wild Dadouins
e1raytlg 8 round.
For myself, I vas beginning to find that ths
lnury OF tho ph1arquin which had been mp
teasitlnete, uAs not that Of fancied Oriental
cxso I bsgan to up oyer fearfulls on ooe
side, and had to JOIN my screanua to those Of
III the rest tor Hsesan, or faithful drago-
mn e. s;'t ea@s ,ashins 1st te ny rescue, HI
t i.sy!r ahi.n reused my ai bsirsad 1s co,,ns 1ns
mulsteer-, WHO gave soma fresh yaoks to the
roper, that sent my palaoquin As much over
10 the otE q atde5 Xnd l. H4s spme time befote
it vas brought 20 even Bat only for Z short
moment. As tho mules began to step up the
uneven pavement Of the street, / bohbsd
about, 10 ore sioe and another, the umbrellas
and canes Of tho party, which had been pat
IN ter convenience, tunbilng over my kuens.
We came to IN angle Of Tho stroet; how dii
We get round IT. Ny machine, WITH
lis bexre,n and. ita mQIes. VIA
very lo5g, .nd hsa no joints TO
size: yet. we did ronnd that carner. Il
VS. done BY great desl Of shouting and
yelling. Tbs muiea stamped and kicfed M
tehind and IN front, held On to the sjdas Of
uy car, and screamed nov and then to HAS,
rAn. a few STAY passefa-by in tho street
helped 5en, and 90 wo managed it. In Tho
esIuc E1J, xc got through JadA gate, which
- Nn rs Il ibA HsYna aiff1rnt+;Au
! pass through tho basement Of toxer that
:Ates at right angles. Some TUX.
ish soldiers lounging on -diyans
IN = carnef Of The tower, joined
IN Win some stiong turkish language, and We
He7e We saw boys carrying along b1ains OF
clotted milk, slipping OF The sane "a they
Ment; men and Women eating aug1r-cAne. OF
xhich the1s were bundles leaning aghinst the
booths; ws saw httle donke5s laden With deep
baskets M fna 81 II 1sa. oranges; mon, women
bsnsn.s; trays Of Vegetables of eyery sors;
! and au tho usuhl crowd Of cAmels, donkoys,
| and horses. Through thfs We mAde bur
| wsF,- ont. into the narrow lanes .hxt
LED a.h orange ga1dena- Hero 70 wete
|[I - u Mt22Es OF cActusea and on tho
! otner btoe eHeNhed large fields Of orange
hees, the Wide orchards niles long, of Jaffa
or&ngee, III in fruit and flower. To eat JA6A
o13ngo y now sensaticn. Il Is very l4rge.
A!h1at tbs ehspe OF pineapple, without
sade, bag Of juice
Py this tune We Hero getting On even
gE{nnd. NJ paianquiu moved moro easi1y
sill had to CT to my faithful nuisteers 10
tighten up the harness Of my mules, On
one tlte or the other, and I Bhould not
lttpmmend this method OF travelling for Its
coP1ost- In ny after experience, I found
| riding much esMer, ~ It Allows much more
| eh.oEe of positqn md independence; foE, in
mAcf OF Two mules ind their guides. The
guldea Were alwzys faithful, to bs sure; there
usf a&wsJs oue 1t the held OF saoh mule.
Even When ore OF thsm WAa extng his lun.
ct4on Of oranges, md on duty, he appointed
fo9 On donkey to hia place, to watch tht
mtle, and SEQ when tho xopes wanted tight
And tits kind Of travelling is wo1t1
E,sng. It IL aomethingto see one's SHADOW
| OF !tho gt1Aa, citing upright, In sedao-chlir
wKh anula IN front, and mule behind
Ard thess H. 4 kind Of perpetual entestainmen
IN being IN the thing. And Of hot day ther'
II = convsndencs In being EcEesned from th
ern, Without having 70 hold IN umbrslla
Ope has 70 lit very upright. and there ia Mt
possibility Of changing oneB position, OF
: 1 enn1ipg up yet, with al Its discomfo1ts,
Yould not give up ride to Jerusalem in
palanquln-f0f onca.
| Thsse Eastern Journeys afe 7ery SOLITARY
/ 1oEses and mules are taught, BY habit, Il
: 1lCd along, one after the other. Whoever
fsa the fAatest horte lezds tho wxy, and tn
gne Who has the elowest is left far behind, o
whatever sge or sex. II is useless to sttemr
: Joy secda1 talk, by bringing up aide BY aide
feithts hotses nor guide n9dsrztsnd It.
bug dtse1t, ride, I ride. Will the M Glen
}uslraeJ BY my side" Tbs doakey-boy 9
Ihe mulefeer rlods along faithfully by yor
lou soon nee up, in talk with him, you
wn Arabic and his EngliAh. Yon a.
:. ftm tho name Of something, and
{oea not understand you; or you set him I
}ickitE flowers here md the1e+ We used
bAvo to tesch every fresh guido how to pic
fowe1A When Wa pointed them out, they ha
Way nt grabbing whole bunch, and hsul
log thin TO us, root foremost, very likely, .
th~y would give handful Of fodder to dor
by. We learned some OF tho Arabic WORK
hst ID ~ led d toinsS % Or Blu blae % shinK;" s but =
fould generally end in their picking the Wyor
red thing. Yet they soon learned our deeil
for howerH, and the 1nuleteers would br1r
{trfat handfu1s aud plunge them into my H.
How I Wiah could givo picture Of "Ta
: 2atha's Welt," with it, etons basin with edg
,Uphg rlaee, where xe could exchange exclam
kttona oyer tho beaui.iu' grsen plxin. al aA1
= Etng with bright flowers. For n, fresh fro
fEWpt, there WIS eomething delight
, Imtrely In the wido extent OF grsss, Viii
: did not have to wait tor the wA&ers Of Il
Nile to be brought to It, but, got
kg1senneas from real nou9taia stream
. that come do.n like ou1s In New EuglAo'
( And In The rich grass we're large scarlet. Al
moDes, sUd cquRlty scarlet poppee, dtep pl]
-$waQoPz. that are called the Rose OF sharo
). flowers, unknown, sune II Ahte daiaes bs
= = clover, and tieh gs5ety that droTe Tx ux1Sf y
~ ~ NTH delight. Along the grassy plain 80,
~ ~ xoIkmen ware openlng rosd, lbs only 70
\, 10 sgna, except that f1om Beirut 70 DAmAso,
= = They told uA that the Sultan ~aa huildi
= il for the Empress to 60 to Jsrusalem upe
~ ~ But >tho hiss not tfoddep it yet! Sol
2, 2, timts my pAlanqnin swayed into It, but il v
~ ~ pleas.ntes to tread along onthe graas, amo
ea }'the tnlipa and a1emonea.
= Al Tahtiha'a Well, We left the eAetua-b'
q. dcred lanes and ozauee-groves, aud came {
~ ~ Into theea wide, foxsiy zelda We hAd 4
" }Jsha about 2 O'Clock and We plodded
- silently until annset. We saw the dist
- {nfna1ets Of LyddA On our LETT, and, in frt
~ 4 ur, = line Of distant mountains, and |
~ deen, far ssay, the towers Of Raml
=. famathea, vhars We were to pass the nigl
N. M = and On Ts plodded; tbe towers Of
ne ke a freah pull 10 tho cords OF my palxuqui
:. I'd ue&r eunset, at LAST, We reached
ao ~, Lea Ono BY one the party in front disl
p p ka.ed behind the eaetuA-hedges that shut
- - ho town. Hsse.n, the faithful dragons
13s lhrred In among the high cactus shrubs
~, ~, Ind my mules and my mnleteers, and pass
- w }nto the short, narrow Streets, with gard
Sa sn' <Ails, or houses with colo1ea la,,iea
9a. r. bn either tida. We accomplished ma
'ae difficult turns, and at List reached
Inn tstrcv gateWay. What = screaming
'1s y rab*, and b2cking and plunging Of mules,
a.. &ut email courtyard and my pa1snqu
* With 3a uaules, could only et&nd in it cfo
III III wav. Bat Nhera we're the rest Of the part
- When weT6 their horses, md where Wero i
~ lpafk horses !? Even these had been in I
h.1f fysnt9 of. nc. laden With valises and bags 4
aia' % .o1t1 uss hat-box, that had comp by N
= take. lobbing on top Of ths pill q and Q
iii in u SHAPE OF some live hens, who had
~ gun y mixing CONC complaint, ecreAmi
With ae Test, Il our start, but had phil
III tIhia1'5 stopped and gone the latter part
3 slc journey as kllently as the rest.
4 Isxas not poeaible that all Of these col
have been unpacked and cleared Away. Cot
i'll .: monks surround ed me, xsih THAR straig
vi high. eErule.8 hatB, and long black goW7
4 Latin monks they must be-, though Il
ecu'd jabher nothtug but Arabic. Nov,
"a were to 30 to the Russian convent, and
III | rest cf The party must have gone there; 4
NJ my Afase had brought mo to the Latin &
IN vent!
"a leutttey seemed quite aatished With th
. n prcvtst. put chair tenptngfy at the tail
III the font malls, opened the door, and Not
~ fain bare lifted mo out. I was In despair, q
A sprelled to the monks IN 2lf the lsngusges
X eou1dmu.ter. But they were not 80 lean
et n sss Ss oT
mine. They still Invited me to get ont, vi
!. taua Afao Anablisy nwain I tried tho M,
* pf le" Consul. which strikes tazror into I
5o- the hear Of IN Arab. They ware only mo
~, sagertoho me- setvice- To get me- out
az tho Islanqnfn must hsve seemed to them /
% EreAtst I cried, "La, i0t" (tho Arat
fhssnphxticei|y. Thav unTT snsvarf