CHAPTER VIII.—FROM JERICHO TO JORDAN.

The radiant proselyte—Climbing to glory—The ghostly forms hovering over submerged Sodom—Jordan’s sweetening—Siddim-angels among the willows and oleanders by the Dead Sea—Summonsed to fight for the Crescent or go to the slave mart—Nourahmal “The light of the harem” becomes the disciple and friend of Ichabod—A debate concerning women—A rarity and a wonder—“I told her women had souls; she laughed like a monkey”—The flight from Jericho by night—The lightning—God’s torch—“Canst thou dance rocks into camels?”—A mummy’s flight, and the burial of a live man—“Unclean”—The solemn passage of Jordan. Page 93