Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-02
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hearts touched and we could not SLEEP
The thought that within fifteen hours W
should look upon the hottest land beneat
the skies, the land we had read about an,
been taught of in the Sunday school, an,
that was associated in our minds with tn
most tender and sacred things in humaI
history, the thought that we were to loo!
upon this land-we could hardly realize it
The next morning We rose eagerly ant
| 1t was Palm SUNDAY. The waters wer,
perfectly tranquil and beautifully blue
All the pilgrims were still asleep upon thu
deck. No sound was to be heard excep
the measured, regular stroke of the pro
peller. As we turned to the right side o
the ship we could just descry a low
sandy coast ia the distance, and beyond
that rose a line of mountains. Their,
was the land of GAIA. AS we neal
the shore we look at every rock and tree
and every single thing in the distance an6
We can hardly realize that we are looking
upon this sacred, holy land. The city O
Joppa stands upon conical hill, and
looks very much like sugar loaf oil conf.
cal beehive, with It's houses scrambling
up the sides of the hill. About three
hundred feet from the shore our steamer
casts anchor. No sooner do-we come into
little boats that are laying on the water
row up to our steamers side. 1t is now OF
never with them for business. Such q
scrambling and hurly-burly and commo,
ton l never beheld. All the languages
after Babel were used-American, Indian,
French, Italian, Spanish German. Russian.
Every variety of costume was represented.
All are scramhling for work. they catch
hold Of us, and seize our baggage, SO
anxious are they to row us to the shore.
Among them all, see large, strong man
in the American dress. He wanted to be
our dragoman and carry US through Pal
estine, and upon our informing him that
we had already employed guide, he left
US with look of disappointment. We
selected two or three reliable looking
Arabs, and told them we would take their
boat, and. embarking our Dag
gage, we started for the shore.
About one hundred feet from the shore
is line of low half-submerged rocks. The
sea breaks over them at high tide, but
when the tide is out and the sea quiet they
stand out of the water. Right in the
main path there is a little passage-way
through which our little boat must 60.
Many man on his way to Jerusalem has
wrecked his little boat on these rocks and
gone down. Our safety is in going right
straight into the narrow passage, but We
took little turn to the right and on a low
sandbar our little boat struck, and from
here the Arab men take US one by one on
their shoulders.
Our Chicago professor, who weighing
It's pounds, and having family
at home fears to trust himself to single
Arab, and with his osrpet-bag, his guide
book, and Bible, and spectacles, requires
two Arabs to carry him safely to the shore.
From the top of this conicsl hill is one of
the most beautiful views l ever beheld.
This is the place where Peter came and
stood upon the roof Of the house of one
Simon tanner and saw that wonderful
vision. The house is we'll identified, and
recently the remains of atannery have been
of entering the city from the west, and all
that six foot gate. On the other
side there is another gate, and there
.be judges in ancient times gathered for
counsel. To-day they sit there in the same
way. There were horses standing there
,addled, and little stands of fruit for sale.
The streets of the city are narrow and
fltny. Orange and lemon trees grow in
g eat luxuriance.
On Monday morning we chose four
horses that looked very much like ours
and started for Jerusalem, a distance of
.hirty-six miles by the course we take
through Lydia. On the way we met car
ivan that Is going up to Jerusalem to cell
,brate the festival Of Easter. Many Cath, q
he sacred fire. The Moslems are giSg
Up in order that they may say their 6s-
,rs in the Mosque of Omar.
One thing that attracts our attenHh b
his land is the wonderfully profyiot Of
lowers The tulip and pofNy IRE vSxy.
abundant, whole acres being literally cE.
,red with them. The rose of Sharonk l
hink, was the red poppy, from the prEu-
ion of this flower. This plain fShafbn,
n Solopion's time, was III Govern over
With 9ocks. 1t extended from Carmel to
Palestine 1t has been culuyhtedsfor over
our thousandfyprs. 1t is sNtlerahy undQ-
ating and reilHhds one ofIhs~p raries of
-llinQs, Wgind everyMhere the hus-
'and nan pdnting and plo$ng' They
cow and an OK yokedF together. Most
+ them 1 plog with cows, because
; an EXCEEDING NsmM and trifling affair,
AXE the y&e and plBw upon his shoulder.
could holfthe Nov up with my little
niger, They are simply little wooden
tick, and another little stick, at
ached to a small piece Of iron,
which scratches the earth about an inch |
nd ashalt toAwo inches deep, and the
Iriverlb+s lofg stick like this pointer |
ave asmy hsdd to nudge the cattle with.
he Yoke i@fqstened across the horns of
Be eovS~~'SNear Lydia we come upon
aghifEent orchards of orange and fig trees
nd poAhegranates. st. George, the patron
'aint Of England, was born at Lydia and
lied and was buried there We went int o
he Church and found his burial place. A
title, mean, ragged boy was the only |
rchestra they had there to perform that
acred service. ......-... ......
We here experienced the immense dews |
hat fall in this land. l should think it
lad been raining all night. The copious-
less of the dews that fall here is what |
,eeps Palestine from utter extinction. We |
low commence to ascend by gradually |
winding path. The hills are culti-
ated to the very tops, not a
rec to be seen. The ground up there is
ne cultivation. We go four miles up
radual or slightly precipitous ascent to
Iethharah, three thousand feet ABOVE the
svel of the sea. On our way, we pass a
lumber of little boys and girls, ragged
nd dirty, but with eyes of wonderful
lstre. Every one beseeches us for ''back-
hish," gift. One old woman took up a
.one as large as my head, and was going
, throw it at US, but we were not afraid.
'ur enemies were not formidable, and we
assed on and kept our backshish." In
,aking the descent, we have to get off our
orses and lead them down the
recipice. Butour dragoman never got off.
Ie went down, it seemed to me,
eemed as if his horses feet would be
ken from under him. But his life was
OF of so much value as some OF the party
or haps, and SO he got to the bottom in