New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-16
A Masonic Pilgrim. re.

A Masonic pilgrimage to the Holy Land
which will include the principal cities and
localities of interest in Europe, Asia and
Africa, will leave this port on September IL
The party will consist Of at least fifty
Master Masons, under the leadership o.
of Kentucky. The trip will occupy l44
days, and will embrace Egypt, Palestine,
Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, Switzer-
land, France, England, Scotland and Ire.
land. The first part of the expedition, from
New York, on Saturday, September II, and
will arrive at Liverpool on September p,
proceeding to London the same evening.
After occupying two days in examining
the objects and places of chief interest in
London, the party will start for Paris and
stop one day, leaving on the twenty-seventh
until September 90, when they will start
for Venice, via Milan, stopping short time
in the latter place. After remaining in
Venice all Thursday, October l, they will
leave that city for Trieste, from which
port they will sail on Saturday for Greece,
steamer having been secured for the
purpose. On the way the party will
stop at the Island OF Syria, landing
on October 8, at Piracus, and proceed
thence to Athens, where they will visit
the Grand Lodge of Greece, and inspect
the ruins of classic times. On October l3.
the party will return to Piracus, and sail to
COnstantinople, arriving there on October
l3. and remaining seven days, in order to
visit the twelve lodges of MasOns, composed
of all nationalities in that city, The party
will sail from COnstantinOple on October %,
arriving at Smyrna on the twenty-fourth;
then Dy rail to Ephesus, returning to Smyr-
Ma in time to meet in convention with the
seven lodges of that place. They will then
go to BeyrOut, Syria, where they will
arrive on October 49, From this point they
tinue thirty days, during which time the
party will visit Gebali Tyre, Hiram's
Tomb, Baalbec, Damascus, Mount Her
mon, the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth,
Nablous, Bethel, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the
Dead Sea and River Jordan, Hebron and
Joppa. During this tent life the lodge will
be opened whenever opportunity occurs,
under the travelling warrant of Royal Solo
mon Mother Lodge of the city of Jerusalem.
While at Damascus and BeyrOut the party
will be received by the Masons in those
the corner stone of the new Masonic Hall to
be erected in that city. On November %
the expedition will sail from Joppa for the
mouth of the Suez canal, through which
they will pass to Ismailia and Suez,
where the party will arrive on the
thirtieth of November, and examine the
locality OF the supposed crossing of
Moses and his people from Egypt and
Arabia and the next day, December 1, they
will proceed by rail to Cairo, where they
will remain four days for the purpose of
visiting the pyramids, starting from Alex
andria on December 5. The party will leave
Egypt on December Z, and will arrive at
Naples on December ii, remaining there
five days for the purpose of visiting Pom
peii, Vesuvius, and other objects Of inter
est, leaving for Rome on Wednesday. De-
cember l6. Six days will be occupied in
the eternal City," liz the inspection of the
various antiquities, after which the party
will proceed to Florence, and remain there
three days. On Christmas day they will start
for Turin; thence for Geneva, where they will
remain one day; thence to Berne and Basic,
arriving in Paris on December 81, where
they will remain six days. On January z,
1875, they will start for London, remaining
until January IL, giving the days to sight
seeing, and the evenings to visiting the
numerous Masonic lodges of the city. They
viii then proceed to York and Edinburg,
and will, on January Is, visit Glasgow and
Cyr: On January Is, they will proceed to
Belfast and the next day to Dublin, sailing
Tor Liverpool on January 90, in order to
take the steamship for New York on JAN
uary II. Should no unforeseen accident
occur, the whole party will arrive in this
city on February 2, and dissolve the "Most
Travelling Lodge."-NeU York Tribune.