The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-17
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bride, and dragged off to pay our respects
to the little lady. Seated on dirty mat,
closely yelled and surrounded by women
and children sat little woman whom
they called the bride, and demanded
more backshesb, which we refused unless
she would unveil That being declined
we were stubborn and soon retired to our
lodgings.
After two or three hours rest, we start
ed at two, a. m, on our return to Jerusa.
lem. When about half way, as we were
riding half a mile in advance Of the party,
on turning bend in the path around
the mountain, which hid us from their
view, we suddenly encountered two
Arabs on the height above the path, one
of them armed with an old rifle and a
| huge club. AS we drew near, the latter
] descended to the roadside and demanded
"backshesh.'' "No backshesh," we re.
piled, without either Stacking or acceler.
! ating our pace. He followed us a short
distance, but we did not believe bv the
fellows looks, that he possessed sufficient
daring to make an attack and we were
right-he soon left us in disgust.
A ride of eight hours brought us to Je-
more than twenty of which had been
spent in the saddle Thus far, we had
been unable to overtake any predicted
bugbears The remainder of the dav
was devoted to sight seeing preparatory
to our leaving the city
The Mosque of Omar, situated on the
site of the temple was the principal OBJ.
ject of our attention. We cannot give
any adequate description, and will not
attempt to. We traversed the ground
about it in our stocking feet, and de-
scended to the excavation Of the porch of
Soloman's Temple, where we saw what
purported to be several Of the original
columns and a portion IF the original
wall. They had been wbitewashed in
| or'iel I" cSIsl the attack of r,j'c hunt
rs. W. dId, however, succeed in yet
lng a piece Of the original wall, not
wlthstandlng the close surveillance of the
old patriarch who conducted the party.
We ais' cured, through the agency of a
soldier, Il piece of the cedar pulpit, said
to have been built from the ancient
beams Of the temple, and of course Of the
}cedars Of Lebanon.
At eight o'clock, p. m, our whole party
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raj hours we rode along very pleasantly,
enjoying the bright moonshine and the
throngs O. camels and donkeys on the
road, but fatigue began to steal over us,
and at length it seemed almost impossi.
BILE to keep our saddles Two of us had
ridden eight hours from Jericho within
the last twenty four hours, without rest,
and we had miscalculated our powers of
endurance. We were anxious to reach
Jaffa in order to take the next steamer
north which was due on the following
day. Occasionally we rested few mo.
ments by the wayside, but that was in.
sufficient-one ofour party declared he
could ride no farther-we cheered him
on and just at daylight we discovered,
halt hours ride ahead, an Arab village.
We fastened along ahead of our COM
rades there, rung at the gate and were
admitted, and informed the monks that
our comrades were near, and wished en-.
tertainment. We were all provided for
and slept till noon. Feeling refreshed,
after bountiful dinner, we again resum-
ed our journey, and few hours ride
brought us to Jaffa, where we took the
Turkish steamer for Beirut which we
reached after voyage of sixteen hours.
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