Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-14

beautiful in location. There were one or
two mills with large machinery. and in
leaving the town of 5000 inhabitants, no
Jews. we came across herds of cattle for
the first time and well titled land
SUNDAY at Nazareth was delightful and
restful in camp. Dr. Cunning led the ser
vice. giving us an edifying and appropriate
talk
our caravan numbers 80 persons. count
ing 40 guides and help generally. lO5 horses
and mules. and Is tents, which look on APP
proach like a little 'whte city, -Four Of
the ladies ride in palanquns or sedan
chairs carried by mules, but they are any
thing but luxurious, and Jolt badly. and
cost 500 extra We average 20 to p
miles daily. beginning our journey as soon
after as possible and stopping about
three hours at noon, always finding tent
spread. under which we rest and lunch in
picnic style. and giving time for our nightly
tents to get ahead that we may find them
ready on our arrival
Our 81 a day cook gives us the finest
ekind OF meals with all the courses. We
are hungry and really olive high How
| 1t is possible to make his soups. chops and
desserts taste so good when he has TO move
/ each day and cook in a different place Is "a
/ mystery. The moment we reach camp in
/ the afternoon we have tea and crackers.
( This Out-of-dOor life on horseback is ideal
i and companiOnable All baggage is
/ strapped on to mules. After dark. wherever
/ we camp. the dogs congregate at a little
/ distance and serenade us most heartily,
/ keeping it up at intervals throughout the
/ night a few dogs venture to the tents
! and howl. then the donkeys bray. and
J ID ftvr
! who whistle and sing to keep themselves
! awake The people with nerves are the
/ sufferers: the others. after a few nights.
/ sleep through it all. The greatest
/ hardship is the early rising.
/ On our journey to Jericho we were pro
/ tected nv two Bedouin robbers riding gayly
! caparlsoned horses and long swords dang
/ ling at their sides The chief gave his
! autograph "Mohommed. sheik of all the
/ tribes OF the Jordan" II their good will
! and company were not asked and paid fol
/ by travellers the travellers would be pounced
upon and robbed. 1t is a simple case OF
! blackmail There Is no scattering popu
/ lation throughout Palestine. all living IL
/ villages except the Bedouins, who tent anC
] live in caves along the Jordan valley.
Palestine and all syria IS under Turkey
/ Every tree and crop IS taxed. while Turkey
does little for Syria in making roads or i'm
/ proving conditions. The people seem Il
have lost ambition. There is no incentiv,
to work and improve.
one afternoon We had a delightful sal
/ OF three hours on the Sea OF Galilee II
fishing boats. We landed a few moments
at Capernaum. where there is nothing to b
seen but a monastery. Along the shore b.
the site of Bethsaida the oleander In ful
! bloom was growing luXurlantly.
IiDerias. where we lunChed and tool
boats. seems to be the only town now Of
/ the sea Of GaHiee where II was once 81
/ pOpuious and where Jesus so loved 10 90
All through our ride in Galilee the gre8
snow-capped Mt. HeTmon is always IN view
ahead. and the hills III northern Gallle
have trees on them and are not nearly s.
rocky as in Judea
Palestine oranges and lemons are I'm
and large. In passing through a market Il
Damascus a lemon was found TO be
inches III circumference. We often Sc
fences OF the cactus. which would answe
to our barbed wire
We are now. MAY i. al Damascus. rest
ing al a good hotel after over three week
OF riding and camping. We are also on
of Palestine. Palestine seems TO be a Ioca
name like New England and includes sim
ply udea. Samarla and Galilee. Syria IL
Guides all and much more territory. Tn
entrance to Damascus is beautiful and il
location nne. with snow-capped Hermon L
view. Dogs are numerous, lying about til
streets and sidewalks. Everybody turn
ont for them.
One week more will finish our campin
season and bring us TO Beyrout, after whic
we visit Athens. Constanrlnople, the Dan
ube. Paris and London. then America
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