The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-02

added that arrangements could be
made with the dragomen WHEREBY
much of the rough edge of a journey
through the land where the Saviour
had lived could be taken off.
While Mr.. BRINE and his three com
panions were making the tour the
sons of the Prince of Wales were Oh
the same mission, and they were
within sight of each other all the
time. He told how some of the honors
intended for the young princes had
fallen upon his own party, and how
on the Fourth of July, through the
shrewdness of his dragoman, his party
had secured the only available place
for luncheon on that days journey,
and their Roy al Highnesses were, per
force of this circumstance, Obliged to
eat luncheon with the Americans
while the stars and stripes fiOated
from the top OF the tent-pole
The lecture was illustrated by views
taken by one of Mr.. Birnie's COM
paniOns on the. tour, and were appro-
pirate in every way to the lecture
One of them, representation of
Jacobs well, which, by the way,
underground lake at John Ena's at
KamOilii. Mr.. BRINE said it was the
one spot in Palestine where they felt
certain Jesus had once stood, the other
places prominent in the Bible and in
the life of Christ seem to have been
covered up with ruins and by the ac-
ton of time.
Another view represented a we'll
and group of women with water
jugs. "ThiS spot" said Mr. Brine,
g is one of the places mentioned in
the Bible. 1t was here that the ma
tive women had to come once u day
for water, as it was the only spring
for miles where water could be Ob
Another view showed one of the !
priests standing at the |
side of the Pentateuch Mr.. Brine |
described the character and dress of !
the priest and the manner in which !
the sacred document was read. Other |
views, showing the ruins OF old Bible |
cities, and, while the comparison may /
be homily, these ruins have a striking !
likeness to the adobe villages of the
Aztecs of Mexico.
Some of the scenes ia the lecture
were decidedly romantic and convey
ed the impression to the audience that
Palestine was not the sun dried land
that some of the views
would indicate.
a picture of much interest showed
town with its ancient and moderL 4
sides; the ruins of one building stand
ng at the side of another of more
modern architecture, while at the top
If the hill on which the city was built
| handsome and commodiouS struc
ure, used by u religious body, stood :
guarding the buildings +,
If the sacTad place While there is I
10 authentic record of the fact" said !
1r BirHie, " there is no question that
thirst had once worked as a carpenter [
n one OF these hulI iings."
Views taken in Damascus repre- {
ented palaces of the Jews aud the )
'ashas, some of which were msrvels t
4 architectural beauty. He spoke of :
he b ~spitsliiy Of hese people AMI a
ow prompt they were ia complying /
? tn the requests of tourists to be
fiow1 through the premises. {
Ii sekAe Instances, due to financial q
eprsssion in that part of the world, Y
1ese palaces were not MAINTAIN ed d
18th that degree OF Oriental splendor b
-hich characterized them n century u
go Tue descriptions given of tue
and the people were gra- ii
INC aud Interesting c
The stereOpLicon was operated bv a
n. Hsdemanu and the views thrown n
1 the canvas with distincbness which
ade them almost life like. h