Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-26
1uE N MODERN PALESTINE.

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-.. travel over this country and ex-
.--...s s.rcultural resources the more
..-..--.. as g f.el that 10 only needs the
.feaef taaltal and enterprise TO
--..... q. .-.Ic. as &. was in times or old, as
--..s,a. en- rrorortioa % its area. rs
srr te ursl favored regions Of the
e -atarc. % So happens that the
-r 'rsj the tourist 90 the spots
v.r -....l'iy attract him pass through
tts -r t.rtIle ana nest forbid
ans districts, but even these
. d. made 90 blossom as
tr VITA aa ordinary expenditure OF
r...I. capital, while the greater part
. country. especially OF Galiiee,
.s Cut 90 tine beaten track, aston
Ia with It's capabilities, ia respect
Cd Sob aud other natural advantages
H EHr Instance, M this wealthy vii
ra rt NusScr I'd Eaaen. we find our
~..- ln tbe centre Ci rich but sparsely
district only wanting 90 be settled
rH With ava elevation OF 1000 feet above
sCa. from which IL is distant about six
tc.- miles, and 81 which % commands a
.r. view. &c enjoys cool and salu-
f- climate all the year round.
Fro romantic valleys by which the
rl-e is surrounded are thickly
planted with olive groves, which
a siE over 10000 trees, and are a great
sH.r.a 90 revenue. While too far from
tao riliare Ger The protection Of any crop,
trc lilsiies and SUBMITS are clothed with
a dense underground % scrub OAK, tere-
lIurl. and other shrubs. which are only
ur.t.ntei nom becoming forest trees by
Or charcoal burners, but their quick
EraUtl tastides 90 the richness Of the soil.
Ee tle north the range extends for 10 miles
g. tEe base Of Carmel. The woodland dis
appears. and is succeeded by rolling chalk
downs. adordlng magnificent pastUrage
and -aII arabic land, for it is we'll
water.d and from its temperate and
healthy climate is called the breezy
land"
ms VILLAGES here are small. few, and
Oar between. and there is room for a large
uora. tioI, but the most tempting land
0l alI IS the tract between Nusser Ell Fa-
hen and the sea. where the oak trees
which are scattered over the pastures and
c1rri attain g large growth. and the
country presents the appearance OF an i'm
meuse park. From an artistic point Of
view tle woods and the farm lands are so
combined as 90 form the most perfectly
divers he'd scenery, just where the rolling
E5l.- slope gently down into the plain OF
Sharon ll was across this country
thar cur road lay to C1sarea,
which was our objective point,
Erst through the thick cOpse OF
"H.H".A HAaaEN = anu 50 N4A upon the
parE-ltEe uplauds- here the whole pOpu-
lati.u was cut m the fields gathering the
crlrS- which strings Of camels We're con-
Vly-lG 90 the village threshing floors
Here and there was a money lender from
Acre Qr Beyrout s4uatting under an UNI
hra..l tn see that the peasantry did not
rob him of his share. This is a busy time
with these gentry, who are the blood
suckers of the fellahin, to whom they adj
vance money 40 exOrbitaut rates Of inter-
est. while the latter, in revenge, resort TO
every conceivable device to conceal from
them Che real extent Of the crop, and to
make tle proportion coming 10 them as
small as possible.
A- enc village called Arareh I found
tlr- ED Roman arches, a fine fragment
cd -umn, aud some rOck-cut tOmbs,
which seem hitherto TO have escaped OBJ
@1rEari=u. The remains Indicate that it
must have been a place Of considerable
importance. but / have not vet been able
% identity it. The plain OF Sharon, where
W1 struck it, is being by degrees brought
iut- cultivation, partly by cOlOnists. Cir
c&-silu and Bosnian, aud partly by native
capitalists. The peasantrY themselves
ar- dly losing all prOprietorship in
tac %, unable 20 contend against the
UEHeti1Us ~ the government tax gatherer
rl The one hand and Of the usuriOus money
lenders ON the other; but while they are
yearly leCouing more impoverished and
dependent. the wealth Of the country is
steaHi.y increasing, and its development
mus follow as matter OF course. though,
ll a-c.rIauce with the tendencies Of mod
eu civilization, 10 viii be at the expense
~ the masses.
went 90 lunch with the largest Of these
l11al ma-rates. He was a Turk, and
spoke Turkish in preference to Arabic.
He had. as nav be supposed. little sYmpa-
q I'm ],
practically his serfs, ana their condition
was uT no means improved by their lands
having fallen into his hands. On the other
lari- they sooner would have introduced
le civilized iron plOws with which he
was bringing land into cultivation. His
farm house vas large, struggling,
Isolated building, which stood on q hil-
..ea n the plain, with extensive out
-au--s and dependencies, not unlike the
residence oi q southern planter, while,
tlr.lIs.V enough, a large proportion of
-5- .arm hands consisted of African ne
located in village hard by, but he
la" nome ~ the lavish hospitality which
.-..l-i.rizld the landed proprietOrs Of
Al1e 80 an hour over part of the
pam. which, from the peculiar quality OF
rs l- ls exclusively devoted to the
-..N.l Hi WatermeiOus, hitherto the sole
Us % the little haven GOT Cesarea, /
me O. that spot. Although the
l.n- 90 the old port have been used as
@ Tor coasting craft, these ruins
laye unt been inhabited since they were
t'a lit-i by the Crusaders at the end OF
us thirteenth century. Indeed. there is
.-.4HGs prediction connected with
t.-lI- % the effect that the rebuilding of
"A town here would Immediately preceCe a /
-re1t disaster 10 Islam. II has been in
".l~ea utuce OF lnls- as / have under
stood. that while villages have sprung M
oA all the other crusadiug ruins on the
coast. this one alone has remained unten-
altld. However this may be, the spell is I
broken now, for about six months ago
t-a rrst installment Of a band Of refugees
nom Bosnia and Herzegovina arrived
lere. having been allotted this ruin and
tle lands surrounding it by the govern
A.lt IS the nucleus OF a new colony.
APART from the great interest which
--les+ extensive ruins must ever have from
az antiquarian point Of view, was anX-
loas to visit CHsarea 70 judge for myself
cl tle prospects Of this embryo colony
.l4 make personal acquaintance with
tls new and interesting class Of emf
grants Moreover. as the new town is 10 /
0it upon the ruins Of the old, it was
~ OIL That | should never have another
a-re ci seeing what these were like. /
t-t have already in the last 20 years /
,ed as a quarry from whence the mag /
... Htl-llu- stones. cut originally Oy I
az tle Oraat when he built the town,
-Ate Deem transported in thousands OF 4
re. -9ass o. Acre and JANA. The ruins 4
lays r-.ere lost much Of the pristine 4
grandeur which is described in 1
records Of travellers in the early /
t of the present century. In a 4
years more they viii probably have 4
red altogether. The subterTaneaR
,res. whatever they may be- will.
e.trT- remain untouched, and the
-la1n Of future age viii find here
ees GO i've successive epOchs OF (
tlltriHu. On the top he viii find the .
.l Tie stone houses Of the BJsnians
t L-atze-o EiniauS. now in process OF 4
s below them the foundations Of (
-.-at crusading fortress. and below /
A-ain the remains OF the first No 4
.-sl period; beneath them, traces {
L sduune period. and at the bot
- PIE Nasseliated pcvements, the frag- /
ei carved marble, the statuary,
coins 0t the Roman period.
time it is a singular fact that the
- 4 coast from Haifa 70 CRsarea
% l1Vo become . centre Of influx Of f
.7.s ana strangers of the most diverse
ile new immigrants to Ccsarea +
-ts. some 90 them speak a little
Al. Arabic Is On unknown tongue 4
--l- W-icl they are learning. Their
-al-ua-e Is a Slav dialect. When
A1-es IN the provinces or Bosnia
So ue-Ee-oTina first broke out which
ne husso-Iurkish war, a howl OF