Territorial Enquirer | 1886-06-08 | Page 1 | From Nazareth to Damascus

TO 10 front tri m tit alio millo star 11 0 u o left nazareth elero I 1 lust last broto jou ou oil mi tile morning 0 f the 1111 and after about ono one and a half hours riding tho the foot of mount tabor which wo ascended in in nil all hour this iho top lot of tho mount is is somewhat of i parallelogram in in shape anti about civo by three thieo hundred yarda A and a leoin m clois ter uie tire maintained on the summit amid the ruins nuns of an forti fiction the view of the rich valleys of lableu lab lep especially especial ay tf jezreel Jer eeli from froin mount tabor labor is la oali a tea lee excels samar riamaria li amaria i a in in fertile valleys val leyB as much as the latter exe excels 0 Is jude 8 four hours houra from tabor and ami we were on the mount which overlooks the apa of galilee und and the picturesque nty city of biberias Tib ii benas erias but the dista distance uce lunda ends beau ty to the for w is as duty dirty and ill constructed as ai other oriental cities A bath love in in the sea by moonlight is is not an unpleasant past I 1 timo line but what particularly interest led ed us was waa a heddi wedding g procession in the street of tiberius liberi n aa the ilia brido bride in in oriental costume was the tha centre of attraction before her proceeded 11 an playing an instrument resembling reb embling the tambourine on either side were two boys boya each carrying a 8 lantern and around tho the bride about about a dozen women kept marching sing ing s ing I 1 shouting and clapping t their bat hands the 1 he bridegroom in his usual dress and without any ceremony found liis LIB way among the spectators when she raised her veil in in tho the midst of excitement to talo take a drink we bo be held the countenance of a beautiful arab girl between Tib biberias erias and we nye visited ill tha site or ruins ruins of old capernaum but lout lost three hours houra time in in consequence of its being COY cov ered with weeds among tho the r anina ins the corinthian columns and archi too turo turis of an ancient temple tempi 3 indicate that a high state of civilization once prevails pre vailo ailis in in this now desolate region grev bated is la one of the four holy cities of the jews but its ita inhabitants like all other jewish colonists we lye havo have seen been tire are a failure in in colonization they ahey 4 t kad orsbia apparently more moio than ii aaning hafed we descended into the lar of M jordan near tho the waters vaters ot of merom and followed the west side of the val ley to its northern artent cro the effluents ol of the jordan to Oc sarea philippi or bonilla on the tha east side aide this is is the extreme north point of f conquest by joshua the uhl village go is 35 very primitive so that the choice of hotel was not very extensive how ever a hospitable led us ua through though the cow pen upon the root roof odthe of the house hoube adjoining adjoin ng into a super structure where we wa spent the night after the fashion of traveling lia ving with a there were high times in in the village that night anti anil wo nye went to tho the ce celebration 1 eb ration A father lad just bad the religious rite of circumcision circumcision performed upon his son land and the vil lagers hall had gathered to honor the oo 00 casion camon A largo bonfire was built and the men formed a ring about it and began dancing after the music music of an instrument resembling the flut in in shape but the bagpipes in in sound to look at the dancing was enough h to mako make ones knees grow wea with fatigue groups of veiled women seated on the ground a short distance from the fire ure played the part of spectators the english tourists camped about half hal famile a from the village villada did not take in in this interest ing scene but ill warrant they slept as sound that night as aa we from donias at the fiot of mount herman we crossed the into aba ive plains of damascus on on entering I 1 kear one of the party had bad the misfortune to tumble into it a I 1 large arge creek but I 1 dont think the water was very cold at 10 0 clock yesterday morning wo we entered the beautiful gardens which environ environ damase the necklace of the tha orient A constant constant wound to our pride has been the sar ear castle castic smile emilo with which the laughty arab mounted on oil his bis world renown oil ed steed has bas greeted us upon our faithful it mules ulos that won would 1 d h be a a credit to any land the borab part of the cavalry in in damascus is is the ainest I 1 have hava ever seen been we have room now reached the most eastern point of our pro gramme of travel nod turn botho to the northwest in in the direction of or J SI ff TANNER Dain damascus Syria April 19 1886