Show CAMP OS ox rhe THE rig nt batak OF or THE euven ABANA ba syna syra march 18 1873 president pro pre aident youna dean dear Br otherOn on the tho loth arl ari deot five miles from rom nazareth brought us to asdall huddle bt bf rude huts sald bald to be on the tho site site of cana ot of gaj Gal callec lee lec A primitive looking house is shown said sald to be on the tiie site of thab thai in which the wedding was held when th tho the savior turned the water into wine mine two large rough stone pots potap much resembling embling ibs les kes the old hominy blocks of the early settlers ot of missouri massou ris were shown us by a monk who in very broken english R informed us they were wem the ones the savior used at the time they will condelin contain con some gome twenty four quarts and aio are ai alo o now used for tor baptismal bap timal fonts about two milel from cana ia the site of in n history for its desperate defense under jocephus Joi Joep ephus husi hust against ves pasian in the jewish wan war we passed through the valley of hattin where saladin kin din the caliph of egypt gave the final blow to the power of the crusaders f in a the holy land the region traveled over is smoother and less rocky than any thus far this side of jerusalem except the plains of Esdra elon camped inside the walls walis bt bf ti berlas berhan which is on the west shomo of the sea a of gallice galileo or lakert or lake of f Genne sareth bareth somo some tour four miles north of ethere where jordan leaves the lake there are extensive ruins here that date back to the time of herod the tetrarch the murderer of 0 f john the baptist the present walls were werd probably much unoccupied ground the place was damaged by byan an 1837 the inhabitants are mostly of jewish descent some ine rne hot sulphur springs about a mile south were formerly celebrated for their efficacy in rheumatic complaints and skin diseases aisea ses res we saw three small fishing bisbin boats one of which had just unloaded several ral rai fish tish resembling suckers bass shiners and catfish sh very fair Jair potatoes in the market and our dragoman bought some I 1 looked through the principal shops for a pair of gloves but they had none our dragoman anthony Mak loof 2 on the tho morning m of the lith chartered a fishing beat and bros carrington and T and I 1 took a tl three hours boat row some nine miles to where the jordan enters the sea of galilee where we took a short stroll on the right bank of jordan there was an encamp encampment ent of bo loulas on each side of th the r river r with th their goats g oats oata hair cioth cloth an and d rus rush b c cane or I 1 liag lag tents flocks and herds beveral ot of the tile cattle as they passed us sat tat and WI jolly solly 01 V curled their tam tails like young pla pia tho the hiser river I 1 r enters from between low hills bills and has a small email valley on each sile side by the lake and Is 53 about three feet deep a the bar we lunched under the shade of two large old tree trec sand then rowed sou southerly atherly along the western shore about three miles and landed at the supposed eite elte ot of choin choln cho in where are arg a few ruins ano anol i ther hours houes row in the same direction brought us to the supposed ruins of 0 dhe the bethsaida Beth neth salda of peter and andrew where are now some arab mills from which point a short row brought us to our camp whick which lad iad had moved up the tire lako lake about abolt six miles to the fountain of the fig tree ain aln aln ain et tien on tho supposed site of ca capernaum where there Is scarcely a ruin ruh csigi viable oil on the on our route we ascended rocky lillIs hills several thom thou thousand sand feet and viewed the lake jake aside from the bible associations the lake is very beautiful our guide books and maps state it to be froin from aco to feet fm below the mediterranean the hills sur rounding it lt slope to its shores except at the smal emal cresent shaped valley vailey y As the location of many of the Sa saviors viora vlora teachings it aa h an object of great at ita iti terest to the christian while J was bathing in the lake I 1 saw a pilgrim bow down to the lake and kiss the tho stones from ignorant reverence it is albut albit six miles by thirteen and is 1651 feet deep it if abundant pains rains rains sell lell upon the country it would be fruitful our dragoman tells us that near ly a ail all I 1 vegetation now dow looking so f resh fresh will la iia a few weeks be dried up at several points in ascending the rocky hills on tho the morning of the 11 th wo we saw traces of an ancient road roady said to have beet been built by the romans from damascus to T tl berfas berlas on which the rocks they had smoothed were so slip slippery that our horses chuu could scarcely keep I 1 their or feet in the atter arter afternoon noon we passed some patches in cultivation and a largo large spring named aln ain mci Mcl on ca which is a rude mill and camped at ano ther large spring in the upper ripper valley of the jordan the ji nest finest region we have seen this side of the plains of Esdra eon jon some boma of our bedouin neighbors visited us A boy about nine read apparently very well in arabic what whal our guide said was a portion ot of the history of joseph several were moving their tent e V farming they have consid considerable erab e herds of catti battle and nocks cocks of sheep and goats and a tey lev camels their ploughs are insufficient tor for good work they plough with oxen ozen frogs were numerous and musical thirteenth passing num numerous ibrous larous bedouin tents and herds hard and crossing a brancho branch hc d the jordan on a very stone bridge we w lunched at dan under two large oaks oata here id 19 ond of ile ibe the principal fountains cri springs of the river jordan we drank the I 1 pure re water and thought ot of abraham alt all at man van dan in pursuit ot the kings kingsl to recover lot I 1 i when he pursued tha the kin kings to gotab on the right hand of Damas cusand of ot tho the calf cali it which jeroboam set up here to prevent israel from fron going to jerusalem to worship unless th theme there re was va better water at jerusalem then than thin now jeroboam had selected thel tie i most pleasant site etc in the evening wel wei camped at baidas the cesarea philip bec hec of herod agrippa where paul was heid bed bound the place is now a small village of oh filthy miserable arau arab stone huts and frag frai rma fra i merits ments of broken columns and pi pilasters lasters occupy the site herece visited another ot the main springs or fountains of the jordan which supplied the ancient city with an abundance of the best lest of water and is now used for irrigation i fourteenth wo Y as rise about teet feet over rocky steep steeg paths and one snow bank on the eastern spurs of the lount bount hermon range rendered by the rain raiff of the previous night and then a long iong rapid descent rough and stony brough us to an arab village en ca a beautiful little stream in a deep rocky gorge rewe we lunched and we camped caird for 0 the night at kep halwa buot another er r s snail a aia ili arab on the bankos bank of a pretty stream here la Is a reported burial place of nimrod we have seen several small email groves 0 of f t imber timber befu belu being raised by irrigation our pack train starting some time after we did were caught some two hour hours sins in rafn rain and snowstorm snow storm while we were ahead of it A boy came into camp with six perfect foed toed moes toes on each foot and six fingers on each hand on a high peak above banias danias are the ruins lot of the castle bubel teh which covered an area of 1000 by feet and which we passed nearby near by on our left it dates to the thel I 1 period that judea was a kingdom and ii ki said to be one of the most magnificent ruins in syria it was in the masts coatts ot cesarea philippi manlas manias that peter WA said thou art the ch christ 1 t the son of the livent god loci matthew 16 1616 ll 11 eif elf Fifteen thAs As wd we advanced Damas damascus eui cui cultivation began to we passed some vineyards on light reddic soil and lunched in a small grove d 0 young thrifty trees carefully raised byirl by iri irl ir i ration gatlon ri for some two rn miles s outside the walls walis on the side we entered we passed between large fields orchards and gardens i 1 made luxuriant by irrigation upon the piu plan in practice in utah and this belt of cul cui titi tiri i i tion seems to extend around the city eity white I 1 i beyond the belt thus cultivated it barren our way to camp led dire directly etli etly through the city by narrow and III ill pared paved I 1 streets thronged thron ged with people this city said to be the oldest in the world has made I 1 very shabby improvements kruezer abrahams chief steward was a a native of damascus about 1913 1813 years before christ it needs some yankee enterprise to reconstruct this place though its present eod eon condition demonstrates what irrigation might be made to do in this part of the world sunday 18 we met in one of our tents tenth and administered the sacrament in the afternoon af ter noon monday xa 17 we made a call upon the american consular agent N a dative native syrian who has never been in america he treaty us very courteously and we conversed with him sor tor sometime some tifft he ile asked us many questions in relation to ml I 1 our faith being able to converse conversa to ta some extent in the tho english language he is not a Maho Mabo lie he informed us that the Mahome dans daus could marry four wives and buy as many bany as as they might be able to or of wished to this thia system of course bas baa a tendency to develop male licentiousness licentious nen nem he ile said thel turks would not approve ol 01 allowing women the privilege of toting voting that placing them too near on an equality with man we walked through a portion t lon ion 0 of i the street called strait stra and d through g b many maby st all ail nar row and aud visited what our dragoman tod us was the best private residence in the city we came to the conclusion that damascus is one of built hullt we yve have ha ever visited its great beauty con ests in the pow possession easlon of water and land lana tor for perhaps some twenty square miles shick nas has has been reclaimed f from rom the surround surrounding tnt int desert it is wonderful to us how these i crowded haunts of human beings are iw pre served from destruction by pestilence the copular coli Coji sular agent told us that at th this leasol season the olty elty ivas healthy but in summer and an rail fall it was sickly according to dr burns this cit city has so some 1 1500 00 human beings on an area of about a mile square with 2 mosques thrown irn lri one oni of which Is la in an inclosure of 1100 feet by at 3 mr N MeB neb bakay accompanied by two of his friends called upon us in la camp he informed ua us that it we wished to establish missions in this thia country it would le be necessary b ht obtain permission from tho the sultan wha ThA Prince of sax weimer welmer has just passed our camp on ha his 3 entry to damascus announced by the tiring firing of artillery and received receive ed by thousands of people lining the sides of the tiie road giving ua us a good opportunity to seo eo the people some sonia troops cavalry artille uyi uri and infantry had E pre Alv gone out imm iro escort him he la a 5 oung kman iman man mau in a plain light grey grev suit monday 18 this morning a servant ot of the consular agent dressed in gingerbread turkish livery ilert with a curved sword and whip called at our camp by order of the tho agent and conducted us to the great mosque or grand harem or mosque of st john lop jor in n rog 05 og 05 entirely a asque previous to that it had been a christian burchf church ad arad from theotime tha the time lime of the saracen sai sar acen occupation halt bait of it was christ ChrLs tan an before that or originally it had been a heathen temple and some of its ancien ancient t c columns amps are still remaining they showed show us a tomb containing a gold casket said sald I 1 to co contain the head of john the baptist behind an iron tron grating the ankles of pt aia Ala homet are pointed out we ascended one of the min abets and had baa u fl nine fine view siew of the city and its surrounding gardens groves cu cul eul fields and the neighboring villages beyond which ja is desert we then visited abdel abd el kader rendered hi historic by his long and able defence of algeria against the french and also for his kind land rescue of many christians in the massacre otisa of nia hia highness treated us with much courtesy courte sv and our in very pleasant he said sald it was IT 27 years ears since he was in france and he haq resided here 18 16 years it is said that mahomet when asa as a camel driver he first came in sight of damascus refused to enter it saying man can have but one paradise and my paradise is nixed fixed above this may illustrate the difference between the them naked desert and the portion irrigated by the waters of the abana and brothers snow and carrington will take the tiie post coach tor for beyrodt this evening at 6 timed to arrive arrivo ams aas e there tomorrow to morrow at 8 am 11 hours ride we expect to reach thereon theme there on horseback friday evening it if the weather proves as favorable as hither to the garty party are all well peaceful and in good spi Epi spirits rits many thousand ladies ladles visited our camp see gee sisters snow and little littie GEORGE at A ORIENTAL HOTEL norai syria march sl 24 1873 president nung dear brother on oa tuesday evenna even ng dinst brothers snow and carrington took post coach for beyrodt Bey rout where they arrived on the morning of the and posted th the e letters I 1 wrote to you at nazareth and damascus and other letters forwarded by them to go by the steamer on the mth during the time we z remained at damascus several thousand women came calne out to look atour at our camp and great numbers of them kissed sisters snow and little littie and seemed much interested in seeing them our pro gramme included a visit to the ruins of Ba Ila albec but jt it was not deemed best to make it this thil arrangement proved to be well timed aa asne I 1 learned amed from a mr todd that his arty party to were exposed for seve several I 1 hours to a cold severe and drenching storm lothail of hali hall and rain on wednesday and thurid thursday where we were the weather was savor favor favorule favorable le the french companas comp anys roady road IN killme tres of ave ot a mile ca each e b Is well macadamized and kept in irl excellent excella nt repair it crosses the anti antl lebanon and lebanon ranges of mountains and the beautiful plain or valley between the them m which w is irrigated by abundant streams t m s fl flowing from the two ranges and is well cultivated the massacre of 0 the christians by bythe hythe the Turks at damascus in 1860 iso caused six european powers including ihrkey to send some in WO french sold ieni leni erst erat to damascus to protect the christian interests probably from this move sprang the fhe excellent road between damascus and Bev rout made kept in repair and aud downed an owned by a french company who have a charter tor for fifty years at the ahe expiration of 0 which time the road is to become tho the property of the turkish govern goverd merit ment should that event transpire mr N X U consular arent Agent said sald the road would at onee once be allowed to go butof out of repair A change from rocky trails to this smooth road seemed very agreeable though the descents were fatiguing during of the we had a rain rainy which changed our rather damp campground into a swamp making our start on the morning of the an agreeable chango change the day threatened rain rala but it passed to the north norto of |