Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
TWO YANKEES ABROAD,
SECOND PART.---PALESTINE.
JERIcHo--DEAD sBA---JoRDAN.

JBRICHO---DBAD sBA---JORDAN.
AprH H. Up at ), coffee at g, ready at
63O put my cara sposa on her donkey.
get on my horse request Cooks agent
to give a good drubbing to Mr.. Dragoman
Seim SULLIVAN for not being on hand, that
it is he who must wait, not we
Within ten minutes he overtakes u a bad
omen punctuality is the first virtue of
leader. For days we have been
experimenting with saddles and donkeys
FINALLY have chosen the he animal which
carried me TO Solomon's pools aud Bethle
hem, and decided that he will have the
honor TO carry our lady on her dreaded
journey to the Dead Sea For me ! have
left Cooks agent free to give me a horse, a
mule, donkey. When mother sees me on
horse she utters the most alarming pre-.
dictions, | shall be worn out, exhausted
Time will tell
Out by the Jaffa gate, by the walls Of
Gethsemane to Bethany, whence the road
runs down steep hill, stony, rocky, slip.
perry. Our sagacious animals pick their
way most carefully. We reach the Apostles
fountain, so. called because it is the only
spring between Jerusalem and Jericho.
Probably the apostles stopped often here to
refresh themselves. We find near it a vast
concoTse of people, gathered to make their
provision of water. The Muslims ,o to
Nebo Mousa, the Russians to the Jordan.
Nv ''"' 70 " ''"s Su'lns "l groups on uoh-
keys, ON foot, a few palanquins on the
backs OF mules, surrounded with curtains,
carrying one or two ladies', sometimes a
whole family
off r..,,..i.... .. ,...-. -,
'''e' VIII" "u' C.
'oi'' young Arao WIN gun, sabre, re
volveri belt full of cartridges, a hand
some youth of some 90 years, son Of the
sbeik or chief of a tribe of Rsdo,;,s ,,oo,.
ps,ban, ba ,,,.,,,.,. -. -
u'"eI
",'"out suPer'uous hesh IT'S saddle IS
adorned with long tassels, which give an
imposing aspect 10 the animal, while the
young mans dress indicates his rank ON
his head he wears small white can undar
a large silk handkerchief with tassels all Of
bright colors, knotted in a most elegant and
fashionable way gown of sjlk yellov
and green. a Jacket of bIue cloth a n.ir,r
new Russian boots altogether he il hand.
som. 10 saI,,,a, ,t,...I.. ~. iS n"u,
Isod ,,,,,, 80, a. T.. -. ~ ."e
Ill. g. - .l t''! W uSe' ou' II ~
back, where it will remain most Of the time
Besides our magnificent cavalier We have
common Bedouin on foot. with pun
Selim says he is our cooks guard INIT sa.
NO cooL "a ,l,. ,,,.,, "ul See
way.
Our Selim is himself arraved with silk
ba,JLaroI;as ,'s 80 a. az ei WIN SILK
graan iacLa, ond bnaa'i
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nm 'iieia''suoie III MS
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J-syl us na' Sone anea"' we nave
uioPPeu bpna as -, 'iuen baggage as possible, yet
- " iue iI' many POss'o'Iltles'
- Py,Se's ;,s.1.ii ~ idi' uoIlNeE 'pau'
III, eivei iuVo an 'nese Ie'al's because they
u WI. eAPiaI. Fla IuSn p anu sho" now we Jour
IsS,,,,,,,,, ,oS ''Iuouih, uorSeoack Dedouin'
!.i u. sTn,au W!, on horseback madame DONKEY
~ u li - "o"s'eu' ." norseoack' Ahueu
y" Az ,O,S ,he ,,,..,o., s....,.:..
80 t'e Oo'ies i'un'al" we uaNe oeeh
, tsi.P W pau syrup ann water, Out
1a'1 I. 'eeiS'eu al c,lerS' ana decided not
'; " uiinN ui'esS MniIe eating III oruer 10
PeISPiIe ivss' @ My morse Is very SLOW
~aiAer' men ne breaks into trot my
oa.A oo,ie anu eur ans seem 10 meet shall
uo' sunTI WIN dyspepsia uhuer ms treat
Non'Ia' u'auaine donkey Is
ms MS a,loi'ious creature shoots ahead' so
~ siia' 80 80 a ""ne our oeaut,'ui oruer Is
coniPleVely upset marianne Is ahead ahead,
a"u monsieur 10 Is Nhere MS morse allo"s MN
NJ minutes at the Ioubtail' up ana
uo"n mus along d not raVihe IN places
VnI iUau 10 nv ,or rarilage, III others II Is
as as oau as Eau ne III three hours we reach
~ .,e '1aiiiai' ''an nosteiry' kahu uullt oy
Gne @ government IL Is vast walled court
we enter II oy a oig gate with heavy doors
on one Slue the lodging oi the guardian
Hho ueaIs "lsp III conee' sells water and
uss on Tue "tner paved arcade under
"ii,'" VIC vS.e,iisn our serves Ihree chalrs
ana small table are brought the only Ia
,n 1ie oi the es.uo'lsh'heht' IN corner three
rsS p''aiiS are ieasIihe on ia" onions ana
bread envy ana would initiate them,
ulu not niadah'e threaten me with all her
Jury Shquld l eat raw onions All
Iounu RUSSIAN pilgrims tired out lying
Io"h' some apparently exhausted, eating,