Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-05-03

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or for Singapore, and were the only
ladies aboard We found Singapore
weather very hot, and took passage in
coasting steamer along the Burmese
coast TO Calcutta. We had originally
in ended to go to Ceylon from Singa-
pore, but so unconventional were we
that, upon learning of the chance TO go
to Calcutta, we altered our plans in
20 minutes time, in order to get
glimpses of Burmah.
CATER going up into the foot hills of
the Himalayas we returned to Calcutta
and started across the country to Bonn
bay, travelling at night, SO as TO avoid
the heat of the day.
"a steamer was about to leave Bonn
bay for Suakin, with supplies for the
English army then contending with Ell
Mahdi and his followe s. We OBJ
tanned permission to sail in the vessel,
and we enjoyed the trip much. The
ship touched at Alden for day. We
got some lovely ostrich feathers at
Alden. The ship took on cattle and
then started direct for Suakin, arriv-
ing there just after battle had been
fought. The troop ships were just
coming in from the south, bringing
back the wounded soldiers. We re-
ma ned at Suakin six days.
We slept aboard the steamer, but
each evening mounted the camels, and
with a strong guard of armed British
soldiers, we enjoyed the excitement OF
an excursion into the desert. Finally,
our ship was ordered, by cable from
London, TO go back on its course for
about $50 miles to Massawah, Egypt,
/, as the port for Abyssinia. We exper-
fenced pretty severe shock of earth
quake at Massawah. Next we went to
Jeddah, in the Holy Land, and the
Red sea tossed us about in very I'M
kindly way.
!, "From Jeddah we went to Suez, halted
there day or two, but found nothing
except dirty Arabs, big flies, hct sand
and leas.
cat Cairo we were not allowed to go
up the Nile, because of the war, but
we went as far as the pyramids on
donkeys, and we climbed the great
! pyramid of Cheops, and crawled into
u some tombs on our hands and knees.
> We went TO Alexandria and took a
Z steamer for Jaffa, and it was at Alex
:; andria that we received the only insult
y offered US during our tour of the
e world. An Arab who demanded more
for the use of his carriage than we
d were obliged to pay became so angry
= that he spat at us as our boat was
y pushing off from shore for the steam
L err. That was the greatest insult a
= Moslem could offer.
~ 1--WE hired a carriage at Jafta and
y went alone TO Jerusalem. Then we
20 went to Jericho, and of all the dirty
u holes Jericho is the worst. Its houses
= are little larger than pigpens, and moi
~ so clean. They are rooted with straw,
81 and in these miserable dwellings hui
a man beings and animals, all filthy, are
- hived together. We went to the
y Mount of Olives, to Bethlehem anC
Solomon's pools, and always unattend
y ed. We attended the Easter week ser
We vices in Jerusalem, and one time W.
a. were locked in the temple with 12,0 0'
H. people for seven hours. We batheC
up in the Dead Sea, but the alkali in thu
water nearly skinned us alive. Aftel
es we had been inside the mosque o.
o. Omar, we started, with a retinue 0.
-, , servants, for Damascus, following
ks large caravan, as we had been advised
Oh to do to avoid robbers. We passet
90 through Samaria and Nazareth, and a
Oh liberia the flels troubled us so mucl
as that we walked into the sea of Gallile
Az and put ourselves to soak. Resumini
ne our journey, we camped near the sea
IRE but lost the caravan of pilgrims whic
we were following. f .rtunately,
Isl camel train went into camp near us
ass and we were told that our servant
leu must be kept on guard at night as
me protection against the providers of tn
!, desert.
tne ave stayed with hospitable Turks
In family in Damascus, and visited som
nlg, of the finest houses in the city
les Thence to Baalbec, and on the road W
req put up at house which contained OF
as room, and that inhabited by famil
tea of 10 persons, who slept on concre
Ihe floor. There was no ventilation, an
OF the smoke from the open tireplaC
the came directly into the room. W
ool showed no valuables and took out I
wo watches while traversing that regioi
neo AT Baalbec we spent some time at Il
NAT ruins, and then we rode on in pou
ere ing rain, and learned that steam
was was to leave Beyrout for Constantin
ear pie the following night. We we
sui, tired, but we made forced march
yto Beyrout, where we arrived half aslee
me and found that the steamer would
at delayed one day in starting. We G
10 reshod and then went aboard.
ave remained in ConstantinoI
ook about one week aud then went to Al
/ TO ems, where we staid another wee
we There Miss Bennison parted from n
an going into the interior of Greece, VIII
rlst- / proceeded to Naples, climbed
lie Vesuvius, and went to Rome, Floren
'hce Pisa, Venice, Turin and Milan, a
lton then we met again at Genoa. On
ana Fourth of July, 1884, we left Nil
saiu for Switzerland, by way of Como
SIX the st. Gothard tunnel. We spent
OF weeks in Switzerland where we wall