Category: Travel Writing
Our “Ride through Palestine” did not exhaust our enthusiasm for the East; we were not, as some travellers have been, disappointed with “The Holy Land,” because we did not expect to find it still, as in ancient days, a “land of milk and honey.” The cisterns are broken and the w...
TIBERIAS was our last halting place. After a grateful dip in the buoyant lake waters we leave early next day for Safed, the highest inhabited place in Galilee, said to be the “c...
6. CHAPTER V.—THE ANTI-LEBANON.DAMASCUS must now be left behind, adieu, we wish we could say _au revoir_ to its lovely lanes and pleasant orchards, its curious motley crowded bazaars, its marble palaces and m...
5. CHAPTER IV.—DAMASCUS.RASHEYA is again our resting place after our descent from Hermon, and next morning we make an early start for Damascus. In about 40 minutes we arrive at Rûkleh where there are r...
4. CHAPTER III.—HASBÊYA TO MOUNT HERMON.HASBÊYA is a small town beautifully situated some 2,000 feet above the sea, on the western side of Hermon, in an amphitheatre of hills well cultivated and inhabited by Maronite...
9. CHAPTER VIII.—THE BEDAWEEN AND FELLAHEEN.The BEDAWEEN are rough but picturesque looking fellows, armed often with very long lances, spear at one end, spike to stick in the ground at the other, some such kind of weapon...
7. CHAPTER VI.—BAALBEC.BAALBEC, more correctly, we believe, Baalbak, is situated about forty-five miles north of Damascus but slightly to the west, on the lowest slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the source...
2. CHAPTER I.—JAFFA TO TIBERIAS.Our “Ride through Palestine” did not exhaust our enthusiasm for the East; we were not, as some travellers have been, disappointed with “The Holy Land,” because we did not expect...
8. CHAPTER VII.—BEYRÛT TO BOULOGNE.BEYRÛT, the ancient Berytus (within twelve hours sail of Cyprus and about twenty-four of Port Said), has a considerable population, and is a pleasant place to stay at, especiall...
1. CHAPTER VIII.