Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-04-24 | Page 4 | Palestine is a Land of Marked Contrasts

PALESTINE IS A LAND OF MARKED CONTRASTS I havo often heard it said that Palestino is not a land of much variety, va-riety, oven that it. is very monotonous, says Robert Hitchons's "From Nazareth Naza-reth to Jerusalem" in tho May Century. Cen-tury. Tf ono compares it with other countries, tho statement may bo allowed al-lowed to be true; hut in spring it affords af-fords delicious contrasts of cold and almost grievous atcrilitj with sofl and languorous opulence, tho contrasts between be-tween the heights and the plains. Rad and -stony aro tho hills, or sometimes dull in their rounded nudity. Noble Hcrmon, with its glorious crest of snow, excites the spirit. But as one rjdes through Palestine, tho general effect of tho hills is ono that makes for :i monotony not free from melancholy. Monotonous, too, aro tho plains. But ( heroin lies for me their supreme attraction. at-traction. As one slowly descends into thorn, picking his wav among the bristling rocks, ho has tho sensation of being taken as by some green and tranquil sea, so full of lulling murmurs, and of movements that suggest, pas-sivit" pas-sivit" to the mind. Tho wild flowers stir in tho breeze, tho prairies of corn turn to a delicate pallor as tho silken wind bends each ear.