This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...only a few miles back behind the mountains, but we cannot go ashore. Beyrouth is a town of nearly 100,000 people. It should be the most delightful place on the East coast. It is under Turkish dominion and that settles it. It is very dirty and uninteresting, and the people are dull and apathetic. They don't seem to have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...only a few miles back behind the mountains, but we cannot go ashore. Beyrouth is a town of nearly 100,000 people. It should be the most delightful place on the East coast. It is under Turkish dominion and that settles it. It is very dirty and uninteresting, and the people are dull and apathetic. They don't seem to have any energy or any hope, but just let the fleas bite them. They don't even resent the operation enough to scratch. March 5. We arrived at Jerusalem's port, Jaffa, early in the morning, and put off for shore through the breakers between the rocks. From the ship one can see the mountains where Jerusalem is. The Valley of Sharon is a dream, the land of Judea a vision, and the tribe of Dan must have preferred the location of its south division. Joseph the guide, a wily old Hebrew, and his son did well by us. Mrs. Egan was in our compartment and Walter came in every other minute to see that she was not lonesome. We arrived in Jerusalem at noon, took our luncheon in the new hotel, with David's tower outside and the roof of Uriah's house below us. We were right against the Jaffa Gate and our 1 Mother of Peirce Anderson. 2 Mrs. Burnham and Mrs. Sherman. feet rested on David's own ground. Then we took our way down to the Holy Sepulchre. March 6. This afternoon we visited the Mount of Olives, returning around the walls outside the town, so we can say we have been clear around Jerusalem. March 8. The classic lands of Greece came in sight early this afternoon. We ran through glorious islands all day. The view of Rhodes on our right was very fine. I made one large water-color of Rhodes--poor as usual. March 9. We found ourselves in the harbor of Smyrna early in the morning and again in the presence of mountains that come to the sea. There is one grave moun...
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