| Show 11I I JENSON5 TRAVELS I Saturday Juno 27 1J97 After lying at anchor for abut four hour nf Tyro wo umd our Jnurnoy nnn attr mldnlhI nnllIl 80 B m anchor ao cait oft Haifa after salllrB H miles from lloyront nnd 35 milts I by sen from i f T > rc Haifa situated at the foot and on the north slopo of Mount Cnrmel nppear most picturesque and pleasInK I I Iff the c > e as ono approaches It from tho sea side At 6 I a nt I Inmlitl nnd walked about half a mllo tn tho German colony here I had no < dlfflrul ty In nmllnc tho only family of Halnis and residing I here namely Jacob Hilt Mlfe with whom the Klderfl from Zion I when visiting Haifa havo made their i ii homo ol late hero 1 also met Johami George Gran who has been In Utah from whence he came with a missionary 1 mission-ary license but Is I now attending to hln temporal duties connected with property In Haifa Ho lost his wife Hilt Caroline Sister ne enl years ago < I and Sister Chrlstlno r Kegel are tho Haifa ranking only two other Saints In altogether Of the ing five members baptized In Palestine twentythree persons since the mission was nrst estine emigrated Imvo here In ISO l n opened Up Wan four have died two grated to four In at Infa and Hre now IMng nre Haifa bcsldis Tiro drau who has returned re-turned two have rcmoved to Atenn Though nnd oni In MallB drla Kgj pt In Haifa I fle members I neither of the Ingllh could talk or underolon remarkaWyivVll along wllh thel remarkablY got very limited kn ivledgo ot nermau my HrotluT doing excellent service again nnd Sister Hilt mnlo me wtlcomo to hopll01llyoomothlng that I appreciated their hospitality the nrst they were preciated highlY as Halnts J had met with since Having Australlt During my stay Mr Jrau I wn 010 very IIttnllv to my ant nnd nccomlallld mc on my horl ex curslon 10 the dllTrenl point 01 111 terel In nndnrolllld iloilo Bltuated on Hnlfa Is plcturespucly the ooulh onclc 01 the baY 01 Acreond e hge f t I h is 1 oniia narrowitFliV fTand which I I cocred with toward houses the gardens west with and olive particularly and an occnslonil stately t palm trcci LIfall l The town Itself l has consliUroul Increased In-creased and has quite outgrown Its old + about 7I50 inhabitants I I j walls It contains oal I 1 tants Including 1 I I 700 Kuroi Half the na whom oro i 400 Grmnn 1 tlve oro Muslims about MOO Itoman Catholles 600 Urielis tho remainder Ioronel 0011 Jew There nre Iw morgu IUId oovcrul ChrlsUall ehurchc Hollll 1lhe Sycomlmum of unclent Grek un1 Homon lIuthor nnd In the Talmud both names occur In 1100 Haifa was besieged and taken by storm by Taucred but arter the battle of llattln It fell Into tho hands of Haladln In the eighteenth century Halfn extended ex-tended more towards tho piomontory of Carmel but It was destroyed by x Ord r Zahrcl r Omar pasha of Acre In 1701 lIltr hlch the new town prang up further to the cat SllIce i the tenm ers hlle been In Ihe hnLlI 01 tonchlng ailiolfa the town ho nnJoyed IlIcr Ing < ommrlnl prosperlt and hand at trocled to Itclf n grellt horn 01 Ihe Irode 01 Acre Whelli maize RPnm and oil are exported In considerable uantltles and soap Is I manufactured n a large scale The harbor however > not good rda tho streamers have to I from Ihe h e Thc Gennnn cOlony dnleo bock tn 1 119 when lhe Germnn Templnrs J tn lado tf lb inT I st of Haifa pio Pf contrast tc t per present a pleasant the dirty houses of the Orlnlnls Tho town II I 010 laid out with taste h t1 from tho base of I Carmal to h rlOcl seu I I and Is perfectly straight Is I one of the finest thoroughfares I havo men In tho Ollent so far Shade trees htto been planted on each side of the street with much also abound regularity In front and flower of the gardens houses narlY alt of which nro Iwo torl high Norhwt 01 Ihe lonltp Ilea t the fannIng land of the colony mot I 01 which i w1l cultlvoled Vine i ord have been Ionted by lhe 010 nle on the lole anol on Iho loP 01 Mount Carmel from which ellent wine Is produced The Templor noW number about 240 souls and po a meeting houe and n cbool Ihe num orouo Uermono In Ih colony who oro not Ttmpla hove also established n I chool Afttr rcEtlnR myself n short tlmo In Hill In the house of lirollur and bister s tho German colony at Haifa I alkcd I saw back to tho iiatlc town nhere a carrlauo BtartlnB out with passengers for the town of Acrl sltuatcd on tho other sldo of the ba > 1 Immedlalely necurid a seat and rode about tweUft mlle aJonc the beautiful sandy Iwarh to that most Intcrestlns and historic place Uetwecn Haifa and Acrl and 101101 I1r rrom Iho former place we ncrosied tho brook mhon of I1Ihle lame Tho bench I s Irewn wllh bou 1lful shclli and a I JOren till trumcultiH tho prickly shells of tho flsh which In ancient times yielded tho farfamed Tyrlnn purple Tlw Vhoe neclnns obtained thn precious d > o from n vessel In the throat uf tho nsh The jilaco where the INh were ricst jiloiitlfttl was tin rler IMus now rail d Nahr Namon which puts Into thena a short distance south of Acrl and which we croksed Just Wforo we entered I en-tered the tovui Tho historian fllny lerts that Bins WIUI ma o from i tho flop sand ot this rlvr and oecmlln t Josephus a large monlllnnl 01 Me non uac too1 on i Itx banks De ond lhp rhcr Inlonel rises the hill on hleh NOlolon Honuparte planted his batteries In ITI 9 Wo arlud at A crl ot 0 a m on nfter rambllnK throuh Ih lawn lor ROme tlmp oln I mp nero IIn Arabian outh frOfn Nazarethby the om 01 Nnml Nuiho who for his own plour o h nol necomlnnled me to evry olllt or Inler1 In the place H po 0 rngllh and woo nnX tau tn obtal n more thorough line lleh edtirntln south of mil Aero I it thirty T IInl norlh of Ionl Cor mol Th I n the kn 01 fIrlo I more strongly fortlfled than my other of Tho appearance In the country Its defenses Is still ery formidable notwithstanding all the vicissitudes ff sunlved It stanls war whloh It has promotory Jutting Into nnuulir on an the sea The walls are In mans plates doublet and thoso on the land side lire by strong outworks of ptoteeted mounds with facings ot stone Ana after Acre has nourished with nlicr noto peooo and wllr 11 woo Iho stronulinld of the crusaders nnd u lieselged by Napoeon ninrpnrt In 1789 In UK It FUstnlned n siege of it months against Hnrhlm Pashn dimm which 35000 shells wire lh n inn It Again In 1810 It wn iHirolnr 11 by tho united fleets ot Enflnnd Austria Aus-tria and Turkey and TAOS reduce hy the explosion of tho powder innifuzlne by which Zwrt soldi rs w m hm I din to Irllny without 0 momot am lnBeteiinlilhl oyhWorr Arf 10 mentioned men-tioned In connr tl n vlih tl tribe of I Asher Judr < s I < 1 id with lha travel of tin AIt 1iul who on one of his Jnurnr t J run Im call d there Aet SI Thf ptnr In 1M < days of Chrll r ailed Itolenrls Vcreofth pr sent tlm rintnlrnabnut 10000 Inhabitants of whom 81111 r Jtusllms The only gate is I on the cast side and no buildings are permit d to be erected outside the walls Tho vamparts date In part back to the Urn of tho Crusaders Tho wall m xt to tti > ubtemuoan trm with sew Is I prgIKd nneo many 1 whloh hower ha fallen In The mlTknt to Acr I or I o e r I I C I I r port lrail I cOllOlemble nonIUn heol fmho Jlllornn rloe oil 10 t g u r j lrllnll rl n mueh chakod with old A lronIC gUIId 01 nrh 0110110 I totlod hnlng unn 10 he fh lun hy wllr I n1onol tltut or Rnllqultll 1ul me < 1oeo wt IIr lor n IOnl IIrn IIIkln al It willi and forllncntloL Vrom R 1lnl 01 the will n < ir the n < a her n uld look me I enlojKl on xoellnt vI < of the s ntd the ountt urI ur-I Aero Townrus tno FOUIII flit f Mount Carmel f with the town of Hulfa fit Its base Droneul a pleasing plctur To the east the mountains ofualllct to the northi beyond the nearer caps ot Has enNakura ls 1 Been tho Una el Ab > oil or white promontory while the lower end ot the grot plain of Ilsdrni Ion click lits from Aero In a eouth cieterlj direction Jlavlns satlsOed mysilf with my ob efotltln In Aer 1 walkel along the beach bark tollnlt hero I orrlool cry tired and Vlitlitu dintlie middle 01 the all moon Ih lay wns un usually hot and opprlve Jut n 1 entered 1 Haifa I mtt n lurg comlon of Turkish olhl Iorllng for the teat of war Nono1 nil wee mounlcd on sood horses but the shabby and old I spe l r I of thi day with tho balnts ollho Ger mlln colony u Dmw JeNSeN |
