The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26

Sunday. Ihere are but three dnOnCnS
in the year that rain falls here. The
population is about $4,000 and Turk
ish governor general rules. The
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and
the mosques of Omar, on Mount
Moriah and Aksa, are interesting
sights. The Jews wailing place, bleak
and dreary, is an outer wall of the
temple. Outside the city walls are
the tombs of David, Mount Zion,
monuments of Absalom, Jehosophat
and Zacharias, and many modern re-
ligous institutions.
Sodom and Gomorrah.
"The Mount of Olives is within driv-
ing distance of the city. Guides will
point out the Tower of David, Herod's
palace, Pilates house, the pool of
Bethesda, etc. A party of us took a
donkey ride around the city's walls.
Tombs of the kings, the Brook Of
Kidron, Absalom's Pillar, Joab's Well
and other Biblical places were seen.
We drove one day to the Dead sea, 60
ing by Beth Hogia, the traditional site
of Sodom and Gomorrah, and to the
River Jordan, and on to Jericho, to
where Joshua sent the spies Joshua
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From Jerusalem we took side
trip to Bethlehem. Here are the Well
of the Magi. Rachel's tomb, the Well
of David, the Greek bell tower, the
Field of Boaz, where Ruth cleaned,
and the Church of the Nativity, built
by Constantine in the fourth century.
Within are "A columns brought from
Solomon's porches, the Greek bell
tower, the Field Of Boaz, where Ruth
cleaned. Next day we went to Heb
ron, and saw the tombs of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and Sarah. Through
the country we saw caulif1owers three
feet across. BY coach we travelled
100 miles, visiting Nabulus, Djenin,
Nazareth and Tiberius. On the road
the hills were beautifully terraced and
covered with olive and almond trees.
Natives hereabout make good
roads of broken stone, and tax every
tourist as he goes along. At Naza-
reth the greatest object of interest is
Mary's Well Next we went to Tibe-
RUS on the Sea of Galilee, with one
exception the lowest depression on the
earth's surface (The Dead sea is the
lowest) Galilee is 648 feet lower
than the Mediterranean. We assembled
Mount Tabor reached only by horse
back, and on the summit were en-
tertained at a Franciscan convent.
The River Jordan flows through the
Sea of Galilee.
From Tiberius we went to Damas-
Gus, II hours by rail. 1t is only the
distance from Philadelphia to New
York, but it took II hours, just the
same. The Haifa train starts at sun
rise and should get to Damascus by
sunset. When night falls, the train
goes no further no matter what the
destination. We went through the
Valley Of Yarmuk and through the
Plain of Hauron. (Exekiel-4O. At
Damascus we walked through the
street called Straight and to the house
of Ananias, where Paul was let down
in a basket (Acts 81. Damascus is
the largest city in Syria, about 200,-
900. 1t is said to be the oldest city
in the world. There are more dogs
than humans in Damascus. The
CANNES are scavengers, and are
deemed useful. The city has electric
lights and there is one of the largest
rug markets in the world Also a
great mosque, containing untold
riches in furnishings and supposed
to contain the head of John the Bap-
tist
From Damascus we went by rail to
Beirut, nine hours, part Of the way by
cog road. Beirut has 10000 and an
American college with 800 native stu
dents. In the harbor of Beirut we
saw the Turkish warships, sunk two
days later by the Italians. The
Fernch warships also were there, but
departed before the bombardment.
From Beirut we went to Cairo, but
that is another story"