Show the chief duhe london t f wily t j there is i now in london Lon doli the sheik of the ancient samaritan people jacob ceh ah an any one who haa has been at jablou wi trill T I 1 remember the beautiful valley and the little town neat ling among the gardens und unde erthe rAba dopes slopes of geri zim zim where the tu turkish akish governor govern ees homo house stands conspicuously cor nor will behave he have forgotten for gotton the quaint and nd venerable vene reble little synagogue which ie is the religious home of the samaritana samaritans Samar itans the present head of the community was elected in 1874 his ilia people now number only y he ie is the patriarch offis clan all ve tye Samaritan Samar itans he eaid said in hie hia broken english if one family the object objector of bis his view ie is to raise a sum of to redeem some land belonging to his community recently on ruin ruinous ous term terms to meet the turkish exactions of late years these have become un um usually evere severe Gover norbe take one taxes two taxes THREE taxes FOUR taxes all in one year but dit tho the sultan he gets very little of the money I 1 the land yield yields corn 9 other crops there ze 23 scarcely any trade jn in nazlou Na blou blous one or two samaritans deal in 1 from damascus A few zihere carry vegetables and euch such like garden d len pro prodico d aco on donkey back from tho the vale valley 1 to td tho the hill villages around u but without their land their mcafe mean of hying living are seriously diminished and the danger dan gr of ex on the tribe chelik is known to canton liddon who baa has helped him loa to a donation of xa 5 and a hearty letter of i commendation the catholic have not unnaturally declined to aid end and even the liberal jews till still prefer to have no dealing dealings with the samaritan tho the matter presses has hits been in london for seven weeks in a attic in a by street off fitzroy royt quare he does not know how to plead hii his cause Meau meantime time hii people are entreating him urgently to return rett irn |