| Show E JENSONS TRAVELS I I I Thursday Juno 23 1SSU I anvw I rurlr and took my lat walk trnvonh I the city ot Ilamascus lefDre I breakfast I I lleppcd oft Straight street which I t found to be about 1900 yards long The west eml for about oncthlrd of Its r tall e length Is I arched o > ir The average width of the street H I cbout I tvent nt > feet At 7 a m I loCI the liotel and walked to the mutiny station Jr I sta-tion unattended not wishing to betaken be-taken In by the numerous drnBunen nnd carriage drivers who offered their services At K15 a m I started on my I return trip to Ilejrout where w nr r rived nt 5 it 1 In after a rulhpr un I pleasant ride the day helnK very hot f Among the points of Interest which I limit flat noticed on my ride two days befo I mal mention the villa oC 1 Jcra Nuh slluatd In the aly of 1erlla north at Oeleh where tM i Moslem sLow vlllo Ih a luml ot I the Prophet North1 It In I only 133 fe of long It appears that after the Chrlllan legnn to hunt for anl lo eale place ot historical Interest that the Aluslems concluded to go them I i one better hence they xe to know the exact spot where inly 9 thing has happened from the day of Adam down to t lie present tlm Ind they claim that many nctuall 1IIve heir statemen Unfortunately Cor I As I them perhats your cOrlPIolld1I1 I I 17 I rather skeptical and la I not included In I f fiat numbr On my arrival In norout I found I thound ot pople congregated I round the harbor to witne the arrival 11 arriv-al I ot sePral thousand Turkish troops on their uny tram Strayina and other its places lo fight Ihe lme In Ihe In te Tier Ilut the Government Is I so poor that they can hardly procure 1 transportation P it transpor-tation for their ranged and half starved soldiers In I lleyrout the officials of-ficials are trying to collect the lanes In advance In order to meet the current A cur-rent expenses of the war and for other I I Urle 1 L purPOno June 20 I called again on the American eonslll In lIeyroul Mr 4 A Than It Gibson who treated mp very kindly and prave me much valuable III woo 00 m formation about the country that Ivan t i I-van about to vlsll l and through which I 1 he had made several trips himself At o i 12 oclock 1 noon I briimleil the little 11 1 rncllsh steamer 1rince Oeorge and 4 I J half I nn hour I lit I Palled for Ital a I T nhout 87 mileB down the cool The 4 Arab boatmen got almost 1 Into a flghl nmonG themsI to gel at me In or E aer to Itioni I paltry sum of C11O N bcshllk dlmut 1 12 crntfl for taking mo to the steamer The daj 1 was beautiful beauti-ful and Ih se smonlh 11 nd thenu voy ae Va very Inlerrlln t bl teal > Indeed An our course lay close to the short 1 jn uui I A chancing scenery of the the ever 1 Ihoeneclan coast was pHlnly vMblci from mv sent on the bridge where tour other OIcla paseengairs p Franclean monk houn1 far Oldon r oCanhTin their al One I y I ot farm eoula talk n arrests had Onl 11 ouTthal eriraf In If ns out that I could understand him part he took great paIn to tell me all 6 he could about the Interesting country I lyinG withIn our view There are Rev 1 ors v01ge on or aver the coast Ile I twpen Heyrout and Sldon We arrlied I art the latter plice 2 1 miles from Hey rout hy spa at 4 Is m an1 1 nnehore1 I 1lwon the city and the little rocky Islnnd called 11 Jelreh 11 The Arahlc name for I1Ion Is I Sallie From a aistnn and also Cram our I plaee ot onehorne the ton n looked quite Imposlnn The harbor Is 1 also l Inttlng From 100 north end oC 1 tereattng li rrjndTxnet1lilahn the the town n rid go wllh o Iht arch 1r apses to the small Island ot 141rit r 1rlani whers there tire ruin ot the II Hlh century The mini louked > iultn I 1 Ji > I rand front the shins bridge Around I the Island liar tlculnrly nn the south I we tl side are i remains of iiuajs built I ot large town stones The town It I I surrounded by It wall and ruin abound In all direction I Sidon was one of tire oldest cities In flg fll 11 Palestine having o been founded by the I oldest son or Canaan lti I eldest I son orC Ham Mors < 1015 It Is fl f situated nn an eleulrd peninsula 1 1 which protects a eonlderahl dlInneo f Into the sea The nvl Teas oC the city I l tire overspread with a luxuriant vegetation vege-tation nM covered nllh beautiful or i I I chords find grantee Sldon I like Tyr If i rn younger anti me I I 0 wer ut rival 1 ill once commanded all exlenlv trade i J with the principal ettlets and nation I I of lh old world The Sldonltes l < were 1 noto l for their commerce their skill In architect phllosoph nstronomj and navigation Their hiola t rv anti lg atr fi wickedness drew often them the fre i tl t Qupnl dnuIIlnllon ot tire prophets z k 2215 2t24 Joel 3 481 Det fill I fl 1 retributhe vengeance of d heaven fell ijpori them less severly than on their nelelibon ot Tyr Side Is still n ton at nbol1t 1500 Inhahltnnt n1 the hnrlr though now much choked I with Hand still enables them to main 1 I tale Rome Tilde anti commerce with t I the cities at tire coast The Bavlois I motive In returning 10 tire coast of Tare and Pldon wild perhipx to PHI PH-I Pepe train the power tH rT sell the I malice of llerodlas Like John the If t llaptlst whom they hod slain Jesus 1 bed became known an a prench at j I rlghteoun and wn now In turn ought by the wicked king In there i Zion of Tjre and hilon rl r won entirely i en-tirely beyond the Jitrlidl lion nf this Herod In I the tetrarchv of lleroj Philip Ill the lawtul hl1bn1 oC I lIroolla lIr prine od Philip I universal lescrILeJ air a f I After stopping nt BWon about three t JrSeh tmi quarters a an hour afwhor lan lift A I kef j n rid we nailed 1 for Stir the ancient Tyro situated about twenty four miles it further down the coast We arrived Ir JI hl I nt this historic I place nt 8 p m and 1 et nehor Immediately norlh ot lho tow n Olat ho J The ancient city of Tyro was situated J near the northern line of Galilee about Ij one hundred miles northntst from Je I I I ruIm and IhIrtY milt from the sea 11 i J 1 ot Oallle 11 wno built along the art and an n stinnil Island a Short Bi I distance frfm the 1 Shore Such was the Streit gth I if to voilitt and itself ef J TOurcto that 1111 sustained nliout T20 is I 11 fore Christ n Rican of live years from 1 I tho Anyrlans who ahnndoned i the effort Ii ns hopeless Nenrlj two hundred jl 171e el l i or a t I JI a selge against I I hie l1allonlnn Cor Ihlrlen years ann at 11 t no little of Contra I FISH i It maintained a defonse rigalnoot Alexander the Oreal for sai ert months i mho finally redeird the ctrr J rastIng I 0 I 111 n mound against and ruoning n1t fi i a mole to connect It with the main I 101 111 the Rore Of King Solomon I Tyre In hen Confided about a i hun tired sell fifty yearn It had Income 4 the great commercial city of that time r r1lf rra tt I all 0 distinguished file its vast com MeO It vnrlo1o nnllutnetllr its j I WWI I lf1 h Scan oNI Its hnmpe weRlth tied rower she find healed UI Miller nil the illist Job 27 10 card I I nn bI 1 no tho mire ot tho treoisll The chlr IIlrom hoJ ssisted David il to hull his retrace bv sending him no I I dr troesh caraiinters end mason The temple of Solomon 0111 1 It In ij I I workmanship Poll monlnne tn mn trtol artImarn and exhnU wolith 11 lmwn from tho Peters source fI KI I 5 6 71 The urlno ll1 q nf the worlcwna from Tvre nh ex Isee i I let UOthh I 1 nlmost nil Ihe arts 12 Chnm I 2 l 1 KIneB 11 Alout a renturv after I 1 11 the AnYA ot SOIO o Cornn In I I 11 orthprn Atrlr w bilill liv I Il araimy I tnM Tree a lift b boo nln Ime I 04 year 10 I Chrt t rvr Ill nnd Vl ir r 0 0 olonld I I tMm thp r z I twilo 1 tn joed r r cf I 10 vn Olson d I no If 1 MOP O 1 IIIs avn tho 1001 of Ish un rr to land I the I riz I of thc At ell 1 lh O 1 1 I cl1oI n1 110 IIn rrp at Tyr I I described hy CollI most eonnecled with almost all the nations of tho ana mn to com to perfect her beauty Plete hef 1 nrml < and her I nIle tzok I hp 27 ffichoftheotlRlnalWandofTjrel I 4 earth frrri which b gathered wealth 1 now agreeable 1 to the prediction against ell a place to spread nets upon The Western nhore Is I a d rocks lift en or ledge e > f rupjrcd I twenty feet high against whU h th T 1 doh In o aes of the hdlterronan ceaseless surges This shore P strewn Com onof end to tM nlhr with Iolumns ot ar id anil CoaA granl nt 11011 allies 1 the only remaining 1 mnn I imLMnt of asicidrst T Fit At the ntth wept pointofth a Isfaiid t forty 01 fifty 11Ili l columns are thrown together In on heap beneath the lIlV The downfall and permannt dlsola thin of Tre Is I one ot tM most remark ahlo xompUOcall ot thO tulmmnt i ot prolhy ol blrh the annl118 ot hi wry exhibits The reader would do well I In lllls connection to study the load 2ul cliiptu uf Isaiah and CKklcl frcm the ZCth to the Z8th chapters In clusln I The modern town of Tur Is an unimportant un-important Place Its trade havinG been almost I entirely dUcrtrd lI1 lieyrout but It still exports cotton tobacco and millstones from Ilailran It contains about 6000 Inhabitants about half of whom are Mistletoe while the other hnlt consist of Chrlstla and a few Jell s The streetl re as able and the house dlllpl1tI A tw conSpIcuous dliaphnctesl plcuou polm n1 lhe I slopes at the mountains of Galilee In I the background i I back-ground rln oev Jv it degree of plcturesquen A to the pIne From then the-n It appen mUh Inferior to Sidon belnff locate all 10 rollnd or the norlh1 at tile former 1lan1 which now has an area at about 15 acre being lrnot on extensive its In ancient times whon i It afforded pae < for about 2000 Inhnlltonto Th wet and south I Bides of the Island Is I now used ns arable ara-ble nnd burial Rrounds The present hailHir I occuiles lint Kite of tho nnclent Hldonlan North Harbor of T > re and IH 1 Only slightly choked with sand Traces of ancient harbor structures lire still seen hereANDREW ANDREW JUNSON |
