, 1870-05-15
6lR JOHN MAUNUEYULE.


vas no. thero. It d far beyond, and TO
pept not going there, lat w1s not worthy"
50 wrote. more than Ere hundred yn.xs ago,
an honest Ersliah Knight sho bud spent soaae
worthy land, most excellent and lady, and
sovereign Of al other lands" which WE
hlessed and hAIloxed With tho 1nostpreeinus
body and blood OF our Lord. Jesua CMist:"
visiting portions Of Africa and Aria, and pick
ing ND frer III acces,i;,Is sources legends and
ms1ssls. a caps u slln geography and bis
tory oftts- committee. For something ike
two cent? III j. travels OF b;r John Maunda-
villa tnIvsts, tremendous popularity: and |
thorri. tire ns1 hArtlIy be Baid to hkTe i'm |
provo :Ea good Ee1tle1uaus ps{1utssion fo1 |
sns 1s,e. sa ZEE the ipsss Of
his narztivc. Alas! We ean newer know
such travellers again, hau who go TO
PaIe4tsao ia Btasmbuas, and aro
whiricl by locomotives into tho very presence
Of the SPHINX, bring 1ss back no wonderful
stories ot tho myste1fow, East, viii, its
dragons a.,4 enchanters, Hsd its ssezed places
m,raculously barred against pso fane footsteps.
Travel has 10 mysteries noSv. Wh1S ts the
ea-th,y pa1zdssc b1t = Turkish psshalic7
What is Frcstex John but patty negro stnaf"
tain And for dragons and nd sams51s s se
specimsas o{ then al, nicely stut,ed nd
labelled, Or bottled in akohol? In
the davs Of Sir John, however, WON
deu wsfe plenty; md It be DID
rot SEQ very manJ himself, he heard
CT men who had seen M end Of the17i and he
described than II the same. It was from
teassay and not from personal observation.
that he learned OF the Laly OF the Land, in
t,;e Island Of Cos, then called Langn- This
wenderful i.dy was the dau5hter OF fptc7as
or aippocrztes. aFfofm and lkeness OF great
d1goon which is hzndred fsihouas To length.
"tx they sav," ada 81, John, s. Tor hsve nut
sccn her." She les1n m old caaste in ; cave.
sppezrfnr twice OF thrieo in yest. and con-
defaund ssbv goddess 1u1n1ed Diana" to re-
uain il. t.zss horrible ohxFp nnsil kps$ht shall
coma and Ess her On tho mouth then she
shall naau'y her and b. lozft Of the isles Many
have tempted the adventure, but fled n af-
fright whesa they havo seot her. And evev
knight who ones looks upu1 her. and fees.
must die aDE .
At Ephetus the traveller behold tho tomb OF
St. John the Evangelissr snd hess.l the familiar
ttory that The arestte hs<i <ientetsdds zeoueiap
the saying Of our Lord, "so vii have him
to remain i'll come what Is TINT to thee. !? n
H1nd men NAV eer there the g71fh Of the
tomb many times nFtnly ttir and move, rs
though there were living things ur*sm." To
copsstent with Sir Jotn's other statement,
that the tomb eortalns nothing but Tcanna,
s.whsot, ia called Angels rseat," for thU body
was translated 10 Eavadse, Quite A. great
arc the wonders Of 1opps, which fs Gue Of
founded before Aa<1t@ food" Strange
| ly confusing tho legend OF Pc7seus aud Aut1n
/ media, our traveller relates tlsSt in rock Ebar
| Ioppa n1uy still be eecn marks OF the iron
chains " wherevith Androncda: great giant,
!, was bound and put in .prsson. before Noaifa
f;timc; = Tbot whose side, whicl. is forty fecf
long, ia still shown" Sir John spent long
|; time in the service OF tho SnftHn Of Egypt,
Il where hc scems to have anticipated modern
researches into the source Of the Nile: for he
confidently GESTURES us that It rises in the gsr-
den OF Eden, md, after descending upon Garth,
! fnws t.--augh many extensive countries un-
|. dsr ground, {, ming out beneath high hill
called AIot1Ae, between India and Ethiopia. and
encarrling the whole OF Ethiopi1 and Mauri-
tania, before it entcrs tho land Ct Egypt To
ingstonc have not fully confirmed: this inter
csfing geographical statement Ihe Sultan
dwells 1t city called Babylon, which Is not.
however, tho great Babylon where the Krersii-
| ty OF languages w7s first made bv the miracle
Of God That Babylon is forty d.;s iourney
King OF Persia. The Tower. o. Babel
was ten mlcs eqrare, and included unany
mansions aud dwellings,; 81 but it Is snll long
since any man dare approach to the tower, foi
it ID all desert, and full Of dragons End great
sc1ponte, and infested with Divers ynomouf
beasts" Sir Johr, thesafoTc, is probably moi
responsible for tho e1tr.ordinaTy nessure
,ncnt OF ita walls. Whether his account o1
the phani1 is baseI upon his personal obser
yntious, VIC arc not told but it j. highly in
teress,ng, 1hcra is only one phoni4 in th'
Llrd, with q yellow neck, blue beak, purpl'
may often be seen dying abont IL
country. It lives TIA. hundred ye4zr
and at tho end OF that time comes to burn it
l 1tnr ~ &Aa JJntfo ro1;.
| where The priests prepare for tho occasion
: fire OF spires aud sulphur. The he1t dhyth
] Gpd in tha ashes Il worm. On the second d.
, | the wotm becomes live and perfect bind
I and he Third day it flies away; 4 plsnt 9
. those days, far above anything. ehe has nov
d Thero were gardens beszi1G fruit eeven atas
q | year. Thers wero the alp1aa Of parsdia'
q which, cut them how you would or ~, ofte
n Is yon would, always, showed in the mi
j. the apple-t1ce Of Adam, whoRo fruit insari.h
Is Ind nouthfu1 bitten ont Of one side. Tie
is field containing eaven walls, which Il
n child Jesus made With ono Of lis feet while
6 play with hi5 companions. There are z
$ granaries In which JosePh stored corn tor u
u And, paeeing ou. Of Egypt .croes tie Desc
" Of Arabia, Sir John tells OF tho WoIdc1t
Il monastery Gu Mount Sinai, whither the I
ID ycns, crowB, and chouShs, and other foN
,e Of that country, assembling in great aose
y eome eseI5 JeA " Rt6as - s1 ao1Iu ~ ~,
y 81. Catna1ane, naIn etasaos osasa! ", "
er monks have enough to keep themselves &C
ID stan.ly SUPPLIED with oil. Thesn arc 10 81,
~ lou - 4b;s ~ 49,, .osa4. ~
!, . time, when tho vcrnin bud, become
d thick there 70 bo endured, the good hrcth1
" made preparations to move away, whereup
n. our Lady commanded them to remsiu and
y pes ~ ,t .na' r., sIa,nt M,n,,s nc,r =
Y haa hem 'eS~ a. tcRn 49, M nat fycn uh;
sa sa btTD' baI hecc standing since Tho c1eati
70 70 oI o1' the % Tori1. OAKS noWadstB don, lie
~ ench grc.t arr. This tree Ind borne
a. icnTcs si,,co tfs eruc;dxou (when IN ti.s trt
ss t,.a Ens,a w;,tcr.r, aTsr' hut Il lad stil
~ mrch yirt,,s int. a scrap Of It healed
ch faIIine-eicknees, and prevented founder
n s ho1sess.
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~ ar.Uts ,.nstad IN fhe l;osncl.
fe tbonsb b;s credn1ity. A NAV ho infeUsd II
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asf ta ~ ~ hettnr - hia inSc,nent Tis nj.
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"a eor,a ~ thom ,oat;ca' soTne sne1n1T rro1eso
N, .nI s.,rn -eaH1Iv s.nctinnci hr thr can,
Ia 4oic. ~ tbs fhnyrh and 20 viii hin eas.y
ia ~ ~ r.I1ar Ia ~ Iorian md tha Dead Sea.
h. Ma 1nya+e1ions hodv of water IL, menti
~ ta.4 tsst y e.sts mt ersrv Il ~ =. tI;n1 ths
N an. ~ sIssn uat r;anos ~ i.-7o - hnr
nm s1eu aS na;t,I.a4 aSt - ,,e,, NV he.,t nv
"a nt os. ~ L. -
ice cea. which hath been proved n
rse times by the experiment Of criminals conde
ve. I'd to death who have been left therein II
GU or fonr daya. and vet takan out alive, II
10 VI iou1 ~ : SIa .sa.;, - ~ a,,t hr,.
the tler viii gink 10 the bottom; 4tand Il
on things" truly rema1ks john, -" are cont