The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
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TRIP THROUGH FOREIGN LANDS

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tourney was found. Here formed the
of several courteous
Hindoo and Mohammedan gentleman.
The music, art and poetry Of India are
novelties to a foreigner, differing as
they do, often i'll striking measure
from ours. The sojourn of lifetime
among these people would hardly be
sufficient to acquaint oneself with their
peculiar customs and traditions. The
population of British India is 253,OOO-
600, about 100000 of which is COM
posed of English, Irish and Scotch.
The military force consists of $4,000
English and 125,OOO natives. Human
sacrifice has long been forbidden, and
religious liberty is granted to all. The
country is the paradise of hunters, the
chief game sought being tigers, Loop
ards, wild pigs and buffalo; there are
also deer wolves, hyenas and foxes.
Many varieties of reptiles abound, the
most deadly being the famed cobra.
Scorpions and snakes you may often
find costly enscOnced in your bed, boots,
and other incOnvenient places, CEN
tipedes under your dish or within your
book Aside from these dangers there
are many annoying insects.
Bombay, Delhi, Cawnpore, Lucknow
and Benares are visited by rail; the
conductors and engineers are all quite
English. The gem of Indian architec-
ture is the Tai Mahal, which has been
described as a dream of Oriental archi
lecture, which description may appear
rather indefinite, but is nevertheless
appropriate while one is looking at the
structure. Delhi is a modern city,
comparatively, with only few ancient
places of interest. At CawnpOre is the
marble figure of the Angel of Peace,
marking the spot where Mana Sahib
perished In whatever city in India
you may be you will find no lack of
jugglers and conjurOrs. and some of
their tricks at first sight seem impos-
sible. This country is alse the home of
the snake charmer, so-called. We will
now bid farewell to the shores of India.
From Bombay to Suez is 1900 miles,,
over the Arabian and Red seas. On
landing at Suez you proceed by rail
across the desert; the heat is intense,
the air being like that of the boiler
room of an ocean steamer. Arriving
, at Cairo, l made an excursion to the
Pyramids and Sphinx, which are south
!, of the city, on the Nile. The Sphinx
: is massive, imposing affair, hewn
from the solid rock, 40 feet in length,
but eclipsed by the gigantic Pyramids,
which loom towards the blue sky, Civ
ing the beholder an approximate reali
}. zation of the dignity of design and
/, spacious ideas regarding size which
l governed the architects of ancient
$ Egypt. Alexander, city Of 100000 in
D habitants, has fine harbor and handles
y large trade. The celebrated Alexan-
drian donkey excites both sympathy
: and amusement by the patient manner
in which he trots along under the weight
: of strapping muleteer, whose feet oc-
casionally caress the pavement and
who seems better able to carry the
little animal than to be carried by it.
Leaving Alexandria by steamer we
v arrive at Jaffa the gate of Jerusalem.
t 1t is a fair sized town, walled and ''set
. on a HILL thirty four miles north of
Jerusalem. Guides conduct visitors to
Il the vale of Ajalon, where Joshua is
vt supposed to have commanded the sun
to stand still, and where David secured
It the pebble that slew the champion of
e the Philistines; also the we'll of Jacob
a. % now dry. A bell is tolled by the Rus
sian church, daily at the ninth hour, in
d. memory of the Saviour's death. The
IS Mount of Olives stands at little dis
Is lance without the city walls. Beyond
~ are the mountains of Moab and Nebo
70 To the student of the bible, such
n scenes of interest as the house of PLATE
is the marble slab on which Christ was
u laid before burial; the road He walked
20 bearing the cross; the stone that lay
,e before the tomb; SOlomOn's Temple
Il the Garden of Gethsemane; the manger
III where Christ lay, are all pointed out by
re- the guides.
to Having arrived at the end of thu
&c route which had arranged to guido
e the course of my travels again made
. use of the iron horse and steamer, reach
ing Alexandria, from thence to Paris
Liverpool, and finally New York
once again in the peerless land of tn
eagle. In concluding this series o
" articles on travel in Europe and tn
k East L would say that, not having in
n tended them for anything more thai
y mere outline sketches of what may b
,r observed in the course of hast,