Show eastern city little known sewn or with which the government has been hav jhb fresh trouble Is the old classical oasis of at jupiter ammon amman whose oracle was a formidable rival to delphi the oracle grew dumb about the time that the whisper ran round the world pan Is dead but this oasis Is still a stronghold of religious fanaticism most of tho the inhabitants who rather res resemble erable the chinese in feature and wear the perpetual scowl of a heavy tragedian on their countenances belong to I 1 tho the sect of medin tsin and profess a peculiarly sour bour variety of puritanism the oasis of minva Is seldom visited by europeans because the journey involves a three weeks camel ride across tile tie desert in which cambeses Camby ses lost tits hla army with a good chance of getting ki knocked inched on the head at the finish |