| Show Jensens Travels LllltR MO LXVI Iking A quarantine prisoner on boarii 1 Ihe Austrian steamer Tbalb lilng rIT I Ileyroul Syria I have more time lo reid and will Ilianlcare loriuilnow I I anti lter lIttllllt 110 111lue on I Igypt I nl impressed lo lull a few liemt for be Nnut In addition la what I I have already wrltmt I will e paln thit sailed I from 1 oil Sail IgypI In I lIe evening ol ednraday Juno loll bound for Sjrla and 1 IjlMllnr and ar lived off Ltyrout Ilie following day at I oclock p nt The obi I > and all tn board were almost Immedlilely put under Itn days quarantine cnnccounl ol coming from Lgypi where cholera Is I raging At UK preicrt time trom our place cf anchotage we have A beautiful view of Ileyrout a city of about tenon Inhahltinli and he mountains of ebanon I tl higher lurrtnllt which are ttlll covered with the mow cf last winter VIIIJgct are seen on Ihe lower nouriuln llopca everywheie On tie moirlngofbur arrlvil otl Ikyroul w had A good gllmpie of Mount Carmel Ialesilnf at we patted by nsi > Ihe illei of bid lyre and SiJon ul Ilible lame lying on the Mediterranean coast and at the foot of the ebanon I ranne W II Divenport Adams lu hit Lgypt I ait and Present opint Ills narrative lu the following language Ol all the countrlet of the Old Koman Empire Ilfpt I It perhapt the moit attractive both for the student and Ihe raveler Time hit clothed It wlih a tlrang and solemn charm has spread over II to to ipealc in atmosphere of mtitrr out romance and lhe mind cannot can-not but be Impressed with awe and won ler which contemplate ill o himts I and Its pyramid lu colotsal tlatuel and huge obctltki in monument ol a remote antiquity which Ihe nllqlly I cf Greece and Rome It I tut a Ihlng of yesttrday Long before the Cecrort founded Athens long long before an tu I < can colony lowed at Alba Louga the Urn lecdi of Imperial Home and long tefore Abraham walked with Angclt In the plains I of 1 Mamre I gpl ftI ft M rJ wai itudded J with great cllll and iad developed I a complete atsteni ol chill I I1 III fit on oumaytraceWklUanniU I for iome four tin uiand yean before Ihe birth ol Chrltt and many of 111 docu menu ale undoubtedly tho moat ancient memorial ol human skill and labor existing In the world Ue are ac ciKiomed think and < 1 speak of Ihe llebre patrlirchi m Ihe worldagriy loicfaiteri but In Irulh Egypt wata powtiful nnd opulent cmplieeven In Ihe dava ol Joseph and wbllo lacob and hit toot ill I tended theep In Ibe grassy solitudes of tho Asiatic plains It was Ih rI In Ihe I gypllan schools Moica I wai trI ed lo become the langlvirol the Je lib people In pjrimldt were rls l ftC lIrJ N1 i ing on the bank ol the Nile at an epoch coeval I with that ol Akrahsm and hatc I w Ibn Ib1 Lpt at Ihe cradl of the world t dvlluillon Thence Greece dtmed her an her II eraiure her science and Improving Ihem m Ihe light and lulnett ol IlCr I own eiqulille Imaginations handed them do n to Imperial Rome w hose mis Ion h 10 dlIo Ihem 0 tll I ur i Ami such as Lgrptwat In the da nol n-ol human history such U It now In many Important respects no land on the face uf the globe has undergone to Illlle change Tiue II li that lu paUces are matici of ru n half burled In sand that 11 Memphis and ol r Thebes and Karnak only the shadow ol their former tlory survives that In Ihe teat of the Ill nd Ibe 1lolrnJI IIS Ihe descendant an alien race Dal then c < mlder that IU pyramids survive al 1 01111 unlnlured that It language re ma ni that tin Nile Hill met ana an-a 11 with annual rcgulanl Ibit Ihe a Imalllle lecmlrg on tubaukiiilhe I ailmal Iworshipped loved or dreaded dread-ed Ihiee thousand yean agu I by the sublecls of Kimeset Ihll thekhamtln a hot iculh wind tllll tcorche the neadowland wl Ib hot fierce breath that be > ond Ihe narrow bill of verdure which the bright ilvir tmersed still inreidi Ihe bound eii tellow eipante ul tlttdiearydeterl that Ihe huiuandman Hill find his luttenance and tupport In Ihe palm and cultivate his little garden i I bnlf ol leckiand ulher vegetables that the creaking water wheel is pile I now at It was piled In thedayi uf Neclantbui conikltr thete things and awn tlirt monotony Is wr lien evcrywhire en the lace ul the land < 1 IJI I ipt occupies the northern corner of theAlrlcancontinent whir Illsllukel I lo that of Alia by Ihe Itihinut bue > and icparated from that nl I I urope b the walert ol the Mediierrantnn It itielchei Inland from thai old hUto Ic ira which lor acet Ins keen one of thn principal chai nrls of Ihe world1 com mtrce to Ihe first cataract of the Ni r Hut ul AMonin Ihe 1 ancient Sten or Irum Ihe parallel I i ol lal lude 1 jl 31 i to to that ol 94 3 north III en tein boundary It funned by the Ked bea on Ihe wnl It u t ordered b > the cm ihlflln und of Ihe Uhyan Dner I ullotttng Ihe track oil e Nile we may compute I lu length at about jjo mil lit brcudili may be meaturcd by ol at ol i the Nile river I valley lor Ihe culilvaled lenUorv does nol ixtend b > oid tne I mill marked b Hie > iar > Inun nil mi > of that river Ihiee fourilu of the Kgtpt It own uwn Ihe maps I ate a rucky ittr 1 lo watte ana rs < ept the val lev already I spoken ol Ihe 01 ty cull vated and Mbiiable I portion It onCJII In loner FK 1I or the dclti an area ol beiwienj ton and 50 o tquuie miles IhvavclJiewiJlnul Ihe Nil VIIy accord nj lo Ml Adams Imp I lu tbe 3oh paralltl about levcn milet while Ibat 01 Ihe culll1IIlo laad do Dol c d live milea and a hU f Tlie alley It I limply a strip ol ulliuhl depoiltai ually i lerlillied by Ilie rivtllne ledmtent llcUetu I Cano In Io er hgypi and Kdion 1 tlln UiperKeypt I the maximum bieadih may be taken at eleven ml nth n-th min mum at two lurlhcr Mil between hdfoj n1 I Attouau the call traction uf the valley ls lo Heal luil u n ay more liutly be called a lavuie icaicely any toil eslsti 01 till er I ink but fiont fOI waitri I of Ihe Nile ilii I locki M lng up likeclifli from the tea bold abrupt and priiloliuui i I iwer and Middle Eg pi are diuiUnl hi wutd tl ouiili n > l utterly bare as In itcineiuie adorned wlthlhu t innumk i I f i tf Jc amlie onj I urn ttneievcr Iheao1 I Is lalily culuvaied 0111 i roper v watered it ami ly i i ay 11 lo I of t I ic I uihanuVai yielding luiurint cropi ol I tnbicco cotton tuiar cane Indigo j eic Among the tballoa of 1 Ltk Mnialeh llngert tbe Beautiful the 1 valley nceprued i of Iawuni papyrw lao In i f la-o burden Ilie air with fragrance and every peatint I liny nook of Kruun < allordi a tupply ul leek garlic nitlont and cucumber ure however I i much more tnialn Upper li I pl ard i a resent traveler I declare It Imnottlble Ideal ol a turn to i alnt a more ple tit mrr land than the I OPl Above TlwbM Tlw xll of U > pt It I lemaikable lor its ftrtihtraml t t lerdle becauw it ton slit ul tilth ne mure or leaji ihnnth del ositi of lit lUrr waten1 Nile 1101 I Aideicrlbed bybu Illlaire n AWito brown faith emplutlcal I II y cilled I tene d lutpt t ointisls drmher I Hill dy bulwt aa < iremely hne irim Ills ery lull ml u uuou lo Ihcioucn dn suites readily In water an I poiietiiei scarcely I n > ol r When dried lib cornea very hard n may be icinlnlne deepcracVi which lunow the ground tome time after Ihe watrri have retired I The trees ol I opt are not only lew in number uF uf few species First ami foremost nu lbr > raiktd thedale pi3i whlcn ll for lh Pitplhn what the biel I flnl tree It f r the I olnetlan i ur ike fir the Hindi II 1 Htinpllei I tin wthfood andclohng and rl houwand fun Itur It It I Hi al 1ln all his Iav hli wtallh hit very life scarcely inleilor nI llh otlance It Hi ccnjener tlie doum crdompim The arcacl or tot tree ol tlie Arab U I io common It lunlhh xkllllm 0111 ul th II nlr ti the Mimoti Niloilca uf batanltu 1 IhllleJ eiUiauely a anted lor ship buiMIng aXSd II ri and i for similar purpotti Audioimm Ihe tcamcra nnd the tamarisk and our enumiritlon ofthe principle lieci uf 1111 I it complete Ihr animal hie ul I gvi I It far n ore J r varied I and r abundant There are n i breed of Ihe hone Ibe n anil Ihe camel the lattnioied letngthe lavotlt beast of burdn The glralle hat betn driven Into the wilder dislrlcli by the unrestlnc advance of modem civil 1 ilion > < i-lion Tne hlpp ipolamus It only found 1 he1I rI r In the far icachci of Ihe Nile but Ilie hyena the wild dog and the Jackal ttlll piul At night through Ihe itreeta i f the arge towni The Ichneumon Ihe utoik the heron Ihe purple goose and the tlcre1 Ihl alma cumoa now alm-a a In the olden time thju < h the un reisotiln passim ol Knglish trivelers for making large bags uf game threat enito eitepale them ironi li e land Ltypt li Mr Howard lloplcy In hit Under l II ptlan ol 1almt remarki li I wonderlully poi u oui wIth the feither cd trlrie > t tbe r division and tub divlt vn ate Irfimte 1roiu the smsller t lidllnti Ibat d ell Intnemimota wh > seplumage someous with al rainbow hues auto lutelybcttlderi 1 > ua with I III beauty upI up-I rougii ibe rants of wild I and waterfowl I water-fowl lo thate MX vulture ai lalllu1 I eaglci which pcrcli ioi < nlcm on dceit p 1 or cnz or iklm lai It alolt Inn In-n Id air there are end c i radatloni 1 n tameneu apt can to be eitra Iny ou my mOiI wlk Inlo n llo 01 plgoo on a alubbltfidllltlch hn 1111I1 aouall 011 It au da 10 cast A ihlck ahadow over aciei ol land atcr wigtills and flctlcheia on tour deik l will fearlessly Hot up A d d tIY Xo ii pick a lly l ut nw your boot A cro wl I juride Its cirlon under your very noie A cunous leAliicred denlien ot the kile valley Is 1 the crocod le b rd the irochllui uf llerodotuslwilch acuai a kind uf parasltt 11 hat hideout rep I Ilie and warm itcflhe approach uf any Intruder Worthy ufiole too It I Ihiraaa hen or Ihe I gyul an vulture Srophron percnoplerus whch with irallipr ulnti and I drooping tall I tin Fli 11 jroixllcg like in evil geniuiover j Ihe vounenll 01 bYlll1n aplodor And every grot e abounds wlm benegal dovm and b ue plot jaunty hootoet Bright grtcn bto eaten bardiaean war bltri great spotted cuckoos etc wh l Ihe com fie us are peopled wlih quails the river 1 banks with nuilltii and the deiert border with noisy cbits Kirer lut still not uncommon lie theroiy flamingo tbe common heron the Ilitle egret the pelican the curlew Ihe ipoonblll tlie snips Ihe shoveller and the cormorant TII e eitreme diynett ol the cllmito cl Lfypl Inently conduct lo the preservation ol natural lubitancc Iron decay and In 1 Ihe I lock toombi and lunplci the traveler looki nlonlibtd I upon human bodies which burled twj Iltree Ib ullnd tIIOIO ba 11 fid corruption file clearneas ol the atmosj here lends A curious disllnctnesi or a rcmaikabte thirpneti lo evtry ot Ject In Ihe I III landscape to that Ilie out I n of archllrnve an 1 column I teems traced aitalnst the aiure ol the iky al wlih a pencil The curse ol 1 opt ll l ilia kuimtln I llutfer cioulhemwlnd which J In April i and May bloat ai in name Indicates lor filly dji hoi as the blast 1 1 of a luruacetlirivflinz Ihe skin latching the lips thtidini lheeciwlih 1 minute par tlclei of land and deprcuing iplrlt ai th the omen of iome unutterable evil evilThe The population ol Pgynt icemi to have Increased very I Itle I since the ilajs uf antiquity Al present It number about 7000000 people According to Tacitut the Koman lilstonait In lie I lelgn ol Kuncsci ll cunlalned 700100 men ol the military age Al mil rate Ihe entire population would be about 3500000 allow 500000 lor error add onii nird fonlavei and itranLeri and be total will amount lu ntaily jouu coo Iltpl I proper It I dividedtntolHogrul hincu namclyMusr cl Ilahrl or loiter Ik pi 1 and II sold or upper Igipt wiuiil Ioiithrr Coinpnsel j 940 lng nil uaru rallci According u the censu > ul Mayjrd iSHi the population r l amounted lu 6Xu6 > SI luuti uf whom 3965 W4 were In loner 11111 I and i 4 > 7l7ln upper Egypt Ol lint total 3J9030S were nu el and 3410 73 emalti The number ol lorcien Ksi dcnli were Geek 17jol Tlaliani 186651 Trench IS716 Aunrlans Son I I iiEitsh 6 us litrmans 043 other nitionaltiia 4116 making u total of 91886 foieLneri In 1884 llm railway > yi tin ol 1 gpt had a total lenuh of 1176 mllei l JSI Ihe 1 telegraph belonging belong-ing to Ihe gcneriimem uf i 707 mllei Apnvaleleleiraphcompinyiias a line tuljlu 41 nIIlln length The Khe due ur king of I gypl actibythead vice and inrauiih the agency ul I five mnlilen fie counti f which li very heavily In debt ai d consequently burdened bur-dened wlih oppressive lasailon It ilivid vd lor adin nutrauve pnrpoiri Into eight governonhlpa of principal lowui and fouiteen moudirehs ur provinces The Jlrbn I money Is I the piastre of oily paraij I worth about j cents in Anurian mone The kllluw Is the unit oldrv metsure and Ita little ku 1In a buiheli Ihe almud li a lulls more I in a gillun and the oke of 4 IIO drams nearly I r pounds avoir upon lg > pt Hi hi sa re I atioclalloM Abranini and s rah II I there for food whin the famine wai lore In Ib land ol latiiin lo pi entered It at mlive and oe lo Ihe dignity of a itovcr tgn Tne family of Jacob added In lifo aevcral 1 hundred > eari and were led nut by A I lh hand and an outstretched arm Solomon nuirled Ilie dinghler uf her sovereign Mmliak tarried hit arm In lo Jud look Jetutalem and carried aitay the treasure ol Ihe house of the Ixml and ol Ihe klngl house I king I H J7 whose name ll Hill I recorded f Ihebei i ao king of Ilie country of Judall II Zeb the flhloplan wltrt hi I Is army of I jrachirloll were smitten I by Iho I Lord b < fore An and j Judah I i Cnron 141 IJ I Tllhakah I ki f ot rtluopu I mid Necho king of I rpIt h > u > threw Jos ah In the va ley of Meglddo are mentioned by the sailed I isorlant Several iIn Die later Pharaohs I became Ihe confederate ol 1 Ihe king of In ah and Israel and one I tolemy f I hlUJel I I hull gate to Ih world ll e oldeil 1 lllhe II bl translation I of lite I lebicw Ilible Many llebtewi with Ihe Irophel eretnlah lied lo HKHI 1 where the Lord kindles a lilo In the home 1 ul the koJi in I burnt them And Ihe child Jcsut con secraltd It by hit i rrtencr wl en I It l Ilie a > being I loughthy the I wicked 1 Herud Tie Lord bietsed Ihe land iain Uleiscd be IClpl 1 my evple and A > ra Ihe I work of my handi and Jirael r my Inlienlai ce Isaiah 1915 As for myself 1 became tcryiuuch Intttested in Lgtand only rtgrcl lhal time would not ermitme tu illy longer A nip up the historical Nile would have added cry much loiuy knowledge ol Ilie land but at ulher Uullr have claim upon Ihe eierclieul my time and uhal le f talculi I pwieif a d 1 am already teveral months bit liil Ih temporary traveling rugram prepared pre-pared bclore I Icivlng home abou tnlr nf bl nl Uen I mo ititi ago fam novr trying to land In 1 uikey where a I alter day balm mission was cunuientvd About eleven lean ago AI tuun at II itnu i expect to mike rm waylo nl Haifa In Palestine wlcte there Is I a small brinch ol the Lhuich I ron there I eat eel to make a vlilt I to Jtrusulem I nldcIS her placet ol I historical importance and then I KO to I uiope to finish up nl abors In the 1 uroptan mission Alter that I bolO ny nul 11011 01 c1I II b Ihe SIIol Utah ANDW JUION wu bo11 the steamer lhalla ofl lieyrout billa June 19111 S6 |
