The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-17
on,e InIteresting Notes Of PaleS.

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We are under obligations 70 Mr..
Clark, Of Martins Ferry, for the priv
ilegc Ofperuslng some interesting letters
received from his son, T. c. CLARK, now
travelling in Palestine. Mr.. Clark pro-
poses returning to America in the course
Of a few weeks. He writes as being de.
lighted with his trip through Palestine,
and says:
II should like to begin at Jerusalem
and describe everything to you in detail
back to Jerusalem, but as that Is impos-
sible, / will mention Just few. OF all OF
them, Nazareth Is the first in interest.
It's situation il quite In. accordance with
ones desires before going there-just as
/ imagined It would b Misunderstanding
down among, and surrounded BY hills. L
is situated on one side OF beautiful val.
ley, about two miles and . half long and
half mile in width. The town, Lies
on the northern side and runs
up the hill some distance: {" We
camped Just east otthe town, about q
minutes:walk from the large fountain or
spring from which the people get their
principle supply Of water, and at which
some say the Virgin was when the Angel
Gabriel first appeared to her; and there,
from sunrise to sunset, may be seen the
women and girls Of the town awaiting
their tcTns TO fill their water jars from
the small stream which flows into the
large stone trough, from under q large
chapel erected BY the Greek Catholics.
In the town you are shown another place
where the Latin Catholics say the angel
appeared to Mary, and also the workshop
Of Joseph, the kitchen Of Mary, &c, all
OF which the Thousands Of pilgrims who
flock here every year believe to be the
yeritable spots. But passing by these
places, which were not Of the least inter;
est TO me, there was Nazareth Itself,
self, where our Saviour spent the
FIRST thirty years Of his life.
From the hill Immediately behind. the
town, we obtain one Of the inest views !
have seen, embracing 50 many places oi
interest. Immediately south OF Us lay
the plains Of. Esdraelon. Letting. our
eye run along the eastern border OF the
plain, we see two, or rather three mount
aims, which. rise higher than the rest
That furthest south Is Gilboa, while the
next is Little Hermon." al
There are many places and points o.
interest further mentioned, the names oil
which are familiar to our readers. Speak.
ing Of Main, he says: "a more unintet'
esting spot could scarcely be found. The
houses are few and miserable, and The
rocks are full OF tombs. Several miles
along the northern base OF Little Hermor
lies Endor, the home OF sauls famous
witch. The inhabitants OF the town
suggest thoughts not very catering tc
Themselves. The reason why ! have
described these places is because
visited them ali. From Nazarett
we went over to the sea Of Gal.
lice in one day, passing the reputet
"Mount Of Beatitudes" on our way
The first view We had Of the sea was iron
a point about one thousand feet above II
1--we came upon it suddenly, and all wert
lost in admiration. We could see II from
one end to the other. We camped abou
hall mile south Of the town Of Tiberias
| Just at the edge Of the water, and The
small waves washed up almost to oul
feet. While sat missing in the moon
light, my attention was attracted by some
thing out on the water, which proved tt
be a large boat. We arranged 70 take .
ride in i the next morning, which proved
to be most delightful. We had fish from
the Sea Of Galilee for breakfast. ON
visit to Shechem was very interesting
also climb up Gerizim, which was ia
ahead OF the Pyramids.
Mr.. Clark has in very happy styi'
described Capernaum, Damascus, ant
many other cities OF the Holy Land
which we may take occasion at some fu
ture time to produce to our readers.