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Below siAil Rotel, in Bewley It Lathrop? Building,
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muinuidUT TnTISDAT, AT ISONThropt, 1iT1407-
aamt conwrr, P/Me.t.i sr •
1 • H. FRAZIER,
AT $1,50 A. Mur, I.;.ADTANCS.
Rotes of AdTertfsing. • ,
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I liqtuire,.lso 00 0 la 1 00 1'25 2 25 3 001$500 *6 O O
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t labt nafter thls id:eine, —A pae, )
Yearly Adrerthers .111 hare the privilege .1' alteiing or &Wing
their adrerthemesta neemaloradir without Whis! rhavge.
Thooline., (Ws oar ereerdlog . ll , e Mir lax.erteil at 1101, worn..
Ailrestheasentr. to Insure buertl.n. mat Fe Inbar!' I n by Tee*
day to.oroitg. - ,
Job Work.—The office of die INntrEserre
Rirreatarag la retnided rife three frlotttur s NITA M
POWER IrRIR.S.' a Imp HAND raw , . ;bud t. CARD PRE"
farther arta: a 0rr.4.9....13aeut of .t.t.hiaa
ot.lab Work. arch as l'ainks. eircotara, roam, Umtata* Lrhell.
Pamphlet.; ke.. pin t Moe ro.stly fad promptly.
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Blanks..-thoticee * and Constabla' Blanks,
se-N.4 116.4., lkid.. Lew.. Laud eretratta, he.. kept on
Land and for auk at the Iftprrssemsr ftirrzuctx otter.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Gariatt,
XlErTlOtriltLi and Ber.ut IYEAI.rit to ruint: (ALAIN.
If 1- SALM. te— Yrs ?Immix , . N. Satre iihm. Pratt' , Orner.
Rill keep 011441111 r on land the I.ret Viand. of Fluor: M . _ the
t Sark Or htmdted harreh at the Wren* mute win , * olio tghlf
the - thee ttanei or Load: All orters frrhh nd Deter*
ir 111 tie Poe
l a w r . llll l Zl l r ' ets 'F t*. , n t er -I 'llt i ttitr fin'i":"4*Fr3s.
Itlde a, :v.., mule. rs, ;'I.II7I.tm:ITT
• Dr. A. Gifford;
Q t-rtcsoN netk,A4, 11.. nlandt,t`e Store.—
CI Particular aktedtion glerwto Wirer:lag Teeth on Gold or
Nilver plate—Alto on a new plan. 4.11 operations warranted. Good
Iteterrneetwleen. trJertutrwL
' Montrose. Sept.
John_ W. Cobb, X. D.,
..113Fan now
I, prtrtrid to pt....tics-if SrItGERY.
to tho etL """1
1"4515 5t he. Searteallotel'" I.
TICEI.
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MONTIOOL, ;gam. CO. Pa., March tI.S.V.-tf •
' 0, F. Fordham,
IirANDPACITEEIt at SADDLE.. ARCFSZ. TIII7CK9.
IDE aml CA Int LAG E Tit LIIMINAkIa all lta braackea. Lthop oue
door brim.. Keeler S- alto/Ward's.
War.= March I. MC
J. H. EmAth, '
leiC e l;i t ZjEltorTlA2 ( M T, A i lDlstal TRUAS
New !Word, January 19. - r•
Wilthm B. Grover,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sr tom ? V boort!. Pee nnlr In
the e l m. corm of an,x.c.”,,,,m,1 .I,entes blntralf. chiefly lo
Vonv.v.s.cl7.c. Onan. likiAnew. from abroad wW naive prompt
Wel.. .11 , FICI: N 0046 Ch./nut
St 1.,-11,D, r ecen6er
. C. Winkler,
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"trim
New 31i2ford, "N cm-U. 1f.44.4m
IL'IL Rogers,'
C TILL coothmet the 31 AN VFAOTIIt& of all desertpfinne hr
CAltlt !AGIN: wAnox.s..svetnits. tr
in the hog style of vrodu..weap and Otter he, , t niaterish. at the
knnwn-eland, a few roll tad or Se-arte'e Hotel, to Montwoe. where
he will Pe happy to rendre the calla .fail who want anything to hia
:Inc. It °Mtn., Srpteaberl7,l 4 4. , 'd.-1 , 5 . •
H. D. Bennett.
MIME 43 MEE. fUulley.bib= County. respectful.
.E 0 ly Inform the penple nf Sanquekansla oetchboduceouutho
tlat Le IS tarpserd In hind Perlintickk Yutd Dunks. and Reply old
Rooks.. E. W. C.v.= sill retire rerlodleala, Bonk., dr. feu. U.
••• Gilson. MR. S.,
- . . William B. Simpson;l
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W,ATCH . REPAIRER- haring rrorkt.l for the part ohteltarr
trtth tire moat oklaul arorktnen. he feelriroolhlert that he ram
doW toad dittlettltjoha on awn Win, All trorir ararrante.l to
Fire eatlstartlon. Jewelry' remlred naafis . and on re...4mM.. terms,
rit:olhalktrltwd Jr .._ Al t a . trirrar . tlort; , emir: of ?lain iad Turr,.
43" "'
W. B. &mom" hit writ r lfor mt.lor wane tlyne. and 1 ran re,
emn+tod istw ut aortniAlltlizt won:tam. ottiorottot to do 3r
good wort 10..313 done the COPlltry, ausi Irony.- of emilldrner.
l'onads, Juet 14%1S:it. • IVv. A. CeiLoosotrs.
Mums. TO Wzn, Els,ll. F W. 11.ntrc1, E. T' 7.4.urtarnr. .E.' 0
rior..&lo. B. KlngiNtrT. Tiwanda: 11. S. 13clittley, 1.. Soule, C.
I.,attstoro. J. Witter:l,r. ItnattruvE.
Monroe. Sept. .
• Wm. W. Smith & Co.,
CARTNET NP CRA IR ItANT'FAC
tomtit Seep rooStsotry oa hand all kinds
ar (loam( a? Fria maw, ar ral da..t at
abort notice.. Shop sod Warr Rooms foot of Moto Stmt.
liouttose,ra.:, Roy PO,-ItSS—tf •
•
Hayden Brothers.. •
IV/lOLE.q ALE PEALS:RS in PACKET, NOTIOICS.)Catthe..
Jeelry. N.** 11.11P.M.
r3r, XterchantPand Pe.ttar.suilille.l at Ms - VorX 3444.111 g Prirec
`Nor .11.11,014.111tF.1871,-ly _
ant. IL SOID,
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- Boyd & Webstei, •
I)rALERs h storm Atute Pipe; Tin. Caner. and nevi inn
W arm l aGe , mohnion• jade . r a oil I 6.40%104)0W Mind, Lath.
Inn, Limber. awl sU kinffin of linildlor 11101,1:‘1.. Tin tlioyi South
cf Searlea 'Marl, and Carpcnter
Into ono, Pa. April It.
• •
Dr• G. Z. Dinsock. •a.
Drrysicux AND StAGEON. ha+ pennx,entlilntedblm•elf
"t4slti:ntrz'lZ47.lrtul""eitri.JTA-. OFFICE
6v"
Alison
311.,nvose, 31ard, 10,
Dr. Wm. L Richardson
-runny. respoettulli tender Ida protredonal serstrai to the In
I V hahltsota of Motorcar and Its vldtOty. OFFICR. vest Mal
ford's.Sture. LODOMIS at the Key - Moor ItuteL . I
• Montrose, 0et.13,3..M0-Ino , .
•
-Dr. E. P. Wilmot, -
GATITTATE of the /MINI/de *ad Iloteeepathle Coll4.ges
Xedlettle.horne penexneutle located/a Ge**o Detid. Ps. 0 -
Ilee,eariesotllaNezedl/11100.1i ST. onrty eppreslte the E.
Churn.. 111/q• Id, IK4'.-ty
• •1 r. H. Smith.
SMIGEON DViTIST. I'.•yidener and oft,.
•116,6*. appnAte the liat t Lehuliqi i ts uldta t l:?foll
loKteeth 01111.1.01,111 FILM 04e. a nion ndttsittlug ot l ecatiug teeth.
AtMte....MaineY 1334#...41
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tatting otTlc of tor'.lut. All Jobs warr,tel
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F TRIC V S AICD SERGZON, Mormon, Pa. mete I. On
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d. Buz thell,
TTORATTA COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Ofitoe orer S. EL
West's Dreg Stare, StowsaeserA Dern, ra.-1.171
Keeler
..4t. Stoddar* -
TILEALERS 1 \ BO & SHOES, loolo• sad tindl&A. oc
.1.1 MAIZE ent door below Sew'Ws Hetet, Nouts.r. Pa.,*
•
Clat ■acn.-.
William B Jessup,
A 7TOILAT AT LAW St scrputr PUBIC. Mee
u Square,. Namur-
. Bentley & Fitch,
ISORNETSSIST LAW. A.Np Donar LAND ADmiTN
of the Cowl Boor. Mortrobe, Is.
Albert Chamberlin.
TrORNIGY AS LAW, An) Jre3SirE OF THE rEdeE.—
.11 , 1, Oftice aver I. L. Poets f.kr.'s Store, blarrsoce, ra.
Wm: a Jessup,
ATTORNET AT LA.* *A.151, Cf../30111 , 610NER Or erre&
for the Slate ef Neer rink, will dttend to all lcdnere entreated
to Mtn with prorneer sad ddellty. Moe act Public &pride. mai.
pled Py Bea- 11.1 Jesup.
Abel Tyrrell,
ream, /N DBMS. iLIDWIN CREIUVAL&.
WA, DttienSF.Grocefies, Dry Gnat*. Ifirdtrate, Moneta**
Gionstnne. dank*. 7t'sta 3 / 4 **,Jr*nhy. Enter. lipeetanimlf•
kcal Inserumeno, Ttnaree, Sonia.] Instrumento, :rat=
e17.145704 - MntOnerfOSentiten. awes. tau.
Chandler *Jump
Dr.Tlysintrcomm i * n ey
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_ • _ Bost Brothers.
Intr. G4X)Dtk Geovrk., Crocker. Ilafihraril
1/ toolbar. Ma, etc.. corm . % at Termite Gnat Ina Nib& Are
cnr.Marnmosc,rs. ; • ••
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rikEALCHIS TS DRS GOODE. Gm:Me& lianimat, Citelorry.
Illwart.Bouks...ll,eiodauua. etbret alou. tarry
umit Pm= BamaxiD buisanow—rabre Arouse, flmoss, Pa.
J. laing." T. • . LTM.
Read ik Co.,
TikE.SIXES MT GOMM, Dfv"
thusellea. ILlrdelyr. Crockary,lmt-4 - kam. Watches,Jr..
SINC7 pwou. IN;theemey, /cc. lida Seek .Itowpwso.
with - c 7 EVA
William & William R. Jessup,
A MAXEY* AT LAW....lllArrion, Tractkx br nsio*
.1.1. tam% IkadAnd litaTat. Wioadng sod .Laame conaflec
Baldwin & Allen.
wtroumtLE Itete Dealer: In' Flaw. Wt. Pork Mb.
lied. Gelds., Fee& (..1.1141405, Omer and Timotltr add. Ake
GROCLICLOomith a* &VV.. Xam.egi= o . Teams,..tr
%rot &tear Public Avow., me dour J .
Xmas; Ch1..30.1244.-tt
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IttER IN GING SHWA. dre.,st the store nceittlyicatilati
(-Yam Rom. Mottuare, Tit. •
March 17.15F1L-tt • . , -
Basking Rouse of Post, Cooper, & Co. .
HENRY DELNIER.,
ifOIiTROBE
WY.HUNITING COOPYJI: • ' • •
November 12, IMI.
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TIILAITS on New York City and Philadeipbia.
- .1-/ CollWin* prou!ptly t ir ade iuNtrezoitted.
Ma hours trout 10 a. N. to 3. ,
!Miami. Mien k kaztos, if. Yost:
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VOL. 5. 1
ADVICE TO THE FLOWERS.
E=
Nese your.muddy covers close, flowers,
Nor dare to open your eyes,.
For all this month your lore, the Sun,
Will only tell you lies!'
lie will only tell you lies, flowers,
Pretty and undesigned,
For through this rough and-cloudy month
He never knows his mind.
The daffodil may look at hint "
With her Might and angry eyes, [mouths
But pinks that come with their hearts in their
Kest wait for warmer skim
Ye meadow lilies, leopannilts,
Under the mould so deep,
Crouch close, and keen your spotted clubs
For A month yet, fast asleep..
Trust not, ye modest violets,,
his promises to you,
Nor dare upon his fickle ainile
To broaden your kerchiefs blue.
Ye little twinkling marigolds,
'Tis wise sometimes to doubt,
And though the winds should shape his moans
To music, bolt not out.
'Lis a rough and churlish month, flowers,
So heed ye ray advice,
Else you will wake, to go to sleep
With checks as. cold as ice.
I.effeh Thom Reo.
Tateou, Syria, Feb, 18, 1859.
• Dzsn FATIMA :—Yoor last letter reminds
me of my promise to give you an account of
my recent journey tri'Horns. It is rather a
long story, but I must be faithful to my
prozniie, and therefore will now enter (upon
the task. .1 told you in a former letter some
thing about my preparations for the journey i
how the country through which I expected to
pass was infested by wild, plundering Arabs ; 1
how I engaged my -friend, Saleb; for a travel-
Mg conipanion ; him we started from Dame
on a bright Wednesday morning, and how
we climbed uo the high, western slope of
Lebanon, and descended the steep, rocky de
clivities on the _eastern aide, to the great
plain of the Bukaa or CoeloSyria.
, , la descending the mountain we pissed a
remarkable fountain, allied Ain Itoomeyea.
It this more the appearance of a well than of
a fountain, being a deep. circular cavity in
the earth. , 1
This fountain is remarkable from the cir
cumstance; that however much , maybe taken
from it, the,water within always remains at
the same beight.• The natives ascribe this to
some miraculous agency, but the fact prob
ably, is, that' the well is fed by natural sub.
terranean resersoitv, which
_being_ on the
same level with the fountain-itself, whenever
any water is removed, a new ripply instant
ly rushes in to take its place.
An immense quantity of snow falls on the
higher ridges of Lebanon during the winter
and gradually melting away in the summer
season and disappearing in the deep, dark
eaverns of the rocks, supplies all the innu.
merable springs that gush out on every side
and fertilize the mountains and the plain.
Arriving at the eastern base of the mount.
sin, we stopped to kinch at a' small village,
called Yemmuni, where is a small lake, and
a rein supposed to have be'en a temple of
Venus. Of this ancient edifice there is sauce
ly one stone left upon another, but the frag
ments of marble columns, capitals, and cor
nices, which remain, prove that the structure
must have been one of great strength and
beauty. The temple seems to have been
about 60 feet long and 40 feet wide, while
the platform on which it stood, and which re.
mains nearly entire, is about 250 feet square.
Our mini over the mountains bore in a
south-easterly direction', but from Yemmuni
we took 4 north-easterly course; and at sun.
down arrived at the village of Deir El „Alt.
mer, I having 'been in my saddle just ten
hours. On our way we passed at interval?
• •
, several ancient columns lying prostrate on
the ground, bearing inscriptions which had
become so eaten away by the tooth of time
as to be scarcely legible. These column,s.
.may have been - the mile stones of 'the old!'
Roman road; which once fay through this re:
gion. Deir El Abmer is a small village, of
some five hundred inhabitants, all Maronites.
While pitchinurny tent the people flocked
around me. ',gave them a few tracts, but
felt little inclination for conversation, for my
ride over the mountains in the hot sun, had
) v
brough on a severe headache, so that after
having rater: a short note to K. to send
back b some muleteers-who had come With
-us frim Duna and who espected to return
the' next day, and having prepared and eaten
my supper, I retired, early to bed.
The next morning I arose quite refreshed,
my headache had -entirely left me, and at
halfpast-seven, having got everything in ,
readiness f .weresumed our journey, hoping
that night to reach Hurmel, a large village
some thirty miles distant to "the north*erd.
The day previous our road hid led us through
a perfectly safe region and ye had - also the
company of ten or a dozen mountaineers who
bad come down tathe plain with their ani.
`mats to buy barley ; but now we were push
ing out alone into a wide district infested
with thieves and desperadOes, who had be
come more reCiless and daring than usual,
on account of the utter weakness Of the gov
ernment, and the anarchy and civil comma- ',
(ions that were prevailing throughout the
country, and we were well aware that the'
farther - we advanced the more out . danger
would be increased, for before reaching Home ,
se would be obliged to past along the. bor-
ders of the desert of Palmyra, over illicit the
plundering Arabs roam unmolested. Tut
we could only press forward, "beast within
and God o'erbead," 'trusting in Him who
careth for all his creatures, and who notices
even the little sparrow's fall.
Saleh's-friends in Tripoli had attempted to
dissuade him from accompanying toe, saying
to him, "If the khowaii - will go, let him ;but
don't you risk yourself so tar from home in.
these timea of robbery sad bloodshed." jilt:
leb only replied, "I have but one life to liye
and one death to die, end 'Allah will lot bring
me to my destined end in any other way or
one moment sooner then be has, appointed."
: 'After leaving Deir El Abmer we lad no
inore mountains to peas ores: On the other
hand, paella& lay over sgently, undulating '
country, skirting the . grestiilein 'of the Be"
ha. On the' ppoalte side of the plain, ten'
or. terelve hours distant ntkour right, rose the
famous ruins of Basil:ken, solitary,, massive,
and majestic, telling,* adOneleuteholy,stDry
of kcivilization_and a people Which bed long
Since passed sway and left tioldstory behind.
We posed: several sinill villiges, and,' as
neithei of us knew the toad, vitwereobliled
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to depend for direction, partly upon our own
judgment and partly upon such vague infor-
mation as we were ablk to elicit from, those
Whom we chanced to meeL
About 10-o'clock we' were overtaken by a
man, mounted on a arcing, fleet horse, and
being armed with gun,' ; sword, and pistols,
presented rather a formidable appearance.—
Riding up to'Saleh, who was behind me, he
began questioning him in regard to myself,
my business, rank, Are.., and then asked.
"Where are you going?" "To Horns,"
was the reply. "But how dare you venture
out hete alone," he responded ; " the corn
try Ls very unsafe ; there are robbers prowl
-in; about. Saleh replied, " 1 have no fears
of anybody ; nobody will dare touch' us
Franks." But you have no protection. 4,,
" Certainly we have," was the reply. " This
Frank is under the prc;tection of all the for
eign powers.' " Where do you intend stop
-ping to-night?" "At Hurrnel,"„ was the re
ply. " Ah," he responded, " that would be,
very proper, for from there, you can 'get a
company of horsemen from the sheikh of the
town to be your esort the remainder of the
:way to Hems."
About an hour after this our companion
left ns, taking a different road from ours,
leading off him the' plain. When so were
once more by ourselves, I,inquired of Saleh,
if he know this personage, or from whence he
was. " Allyes," said he, " I have heard of
him often. Ills name is Dendel. He is one
of thelmost notorious robbers in all this -part
of the toyntry." '
About noon we arrived at a little fountain
from which proceeded a small stream, r•nn
ning towards the north. Here Nve" stopped
en hour to lunch and rest ourielves, and then
pushed on, following the stream downwaid,,
hoping-to reach Hurmel before sundown, so
as not to be obliged to pitch our tent, in an
exposed,place away front the habitations of
roan. In this however we were disappointed.
Our rate of traveling was necessarily slow.
My own horse was a good traveler, but as
my baggage animal and Saleh's . donkey could
not go much faster' than, in an ordinary, walk,
I was obliged to adapt myself to their rate
of locomotion., The consequence was that at
sundown-we were still an hour from Her.
mel. Not wishing to continue 'our journey
after nightfall, we turned a little aside from
the road and pitched our tent on a green,
grassy spot., near the foot of-a high e precipi
tous bluff or ledge of rocks. Out from un
der—these rock's burst a copious- spring or
fountain, which at once we know to be -the
source of the Ororites = a river famed in his,
tory trod classic song, and whose Waters in
generations past have been often stained by
the blood of tens of thousands who haveper
ished in' battle upon its banks.
• While unloading our baggage we observed
three or four men standing on the top of the
ledge above us. They shouted to us, but
they were so flu. Off we were unable to un
derstand what they said. Saleh afterwards
climbed up to them and procured milk for
ourselves, and barley- fur our .animal;. In
the evening one of the men came, down to
our, tent. ire was -a strong, stalwart, rough,
uncouth looking mao,-apparently about fifty
- years of age:.
" Where do you live I" I asked. "In a
eavejust over the bluff yonder." "Are there
no houses in this vicinity 1" " No."' " But
I have heard it said that there is an old con
vent somewherh near this spot, where St.
Moron, thefoonder of the sect of Marmites,
once took op his abode." "Ah ! yes. The
cave in which I live is the convent of which_
you' speak!' "Indeed ! and do the mortice
ever visit it in these days " No. A few
years since, some Moron ite monks came from
Mount Lebanon and had the cave cleaned out
and fitted up with the intention of occupying
it. But they abandoned it after a few
months and never returned." " Why did
they leave?" "On account. of thieves. The
thieves came by night, stole their horses and
cattle,'"eut down their wheat and barley, and
carried off their crops, and the monks gave
up in despair." • "Then there are thieves in
this part-of the country ?" inquired Saleh.—
." Yes," . returned the old man. "The spot
where you have pitched your tent is one of
the most unsafe places in the country. ' A
year ago a party of travelers who encamped
here had all their horses stolen in the night.
A fewsmonths ago a man laid down here to
rest, and some" Druses who were passing
along the road fell npori him, robbed him and
-cut his throat, abd threw him into' yoider
fountain. I might te ll you," he added, "ri Of
many robberies and murders that have taken
place here. It is a very unsafe place. When
you first came I motioned to you to: encamp
farther down the stream, but you did not un
derstand me." The old man thin went into
details concerning robberies and murders
that had taken place near the fountain,and his
accounts, whether true or false, were not at
all calculated to allay our pre-existing appre
hensions, or conduce to quiet repose insleep.
We tried to prevail upon the old man to
remain with int during the night, but he de
clined, saying that he must return to watch
his flocks. lie accordingly left us. Sikh
and I wend both of the opinion that whatever
of truth there might have been in his recitals,
• that he dealt largelyLn exaggeration, he per.
baps hoping that we would offer him a large
sum of money. to induce him to remain - with
us, through the night. 'Whether his stories
"were true or false, my fatigue_overcOma my
fear; and I was on locked last in the em.
brace, ofaleep. But not so with my
_faithful
attendant, Saleh ; for on waking about, three
o'clock in the morning I found him sitting
just inside the door of the'tent, grasping my,
hatchet firmly in Lila hand, and gazing out - up.
on the road that pissed a little distance from
us. " I Why," said Ito Sala; " are you there
yet?",} "Yes," said he, "and here I have
been all the night long; for bow could I sleep
alts;
,suclighastly 'yarns as that old fellow
told (last night, and be himself is the robber,
I haie no A - orrbt.", "Do you third: Sol" I
ask4d. " Yes I do."
." Whit is his name I"
a Abu Aulee; and I am' of opinion thattiO
the ringleader of the whole desperate crei."
'A* there now, remained, but about ,three
hours 'before sunrise, I told
. Balehl - thought
there was firnore danger, and prevailed up
on bin; to lie doWn to' rest: - Our sleet; how;
ever was short, kor'at the firskriawn of day,.,
the' old man came downto'nur tea l bringing !
Me a supply ; ormilk ? ' ind'invited the toyisit:i
his habitation. I accepted the 'invitation and
aeorTmissay int filth along the stetir, back: of
the stream"; 'be pointed out 40 me several
late springs of water', gushing out from wi
der, the rocks and vihich,' uniting :thc.lr 'waters .
with the *cretins. 0 : om the fountain' above;
formed itt'oneep'situr river. ; Thisise du=
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acteristic of nearly all the large rivers in
Syria, for being formed by, melting snows,
percolating through' the adjacent clefts and
hills,. the- commingling .waters burst,' forth'
suddenly into view, forming a large, rapid
stream at the verysource, the real source or
sources being - many miles away in subterra
nean reservoirs among the Mountains. . -
Passing around et the right of a sharp pro
jection orthe biuff,ithe Sheik's cave, or, as it
has been called by travelers, "the Mouk's
cavern," came full into view. It was not a
single cave but appeared to be a series of'
caves ; some of them perhaps natural, and
some of them artificial excavations in the face
o f the ledge, some two hundred feet above
the river. The openings of the caverns had
been closed by means of thick,-strong walls,
of solid mas'nry, leaving only small aper
turei foe the admission or light, and loop
holes for the discharge of spears and javelins.
The ascent to this cavern is quite precipi
tous. It must have been in the time of the
crusaders, a fortress, quite,impregnable to all
assaults made by means-of the rude imple
ments of warfare which Were in use in those
days. This convent received the name of
St. Munn, front a legend existing among,,,
the people, to the effect that it was once oc
cupied by John Akron, who lived in the
fifth century, and, was the reputed founder of
the papal sect, now called by. his name, (Var:
unites,) and who inhabit the whole northern
part of Mount Lebanon. Climbing up a
steep, -winding path,, the Sheilth led me to the
entrance of the cave, which was low, narrow,
and from Ilelinv quite concealed from view.
My guide then .conducted me through a long
corridor or kallery, excavated in the face of
the precipice, to the main cave, which, was
connected, to the gallery by a wooden bridge.
Doubtless in ancient times there was a draw
bridge in this place, I which being taken
,up,
must have rendered ;the cavern quite inacces
sible to any enemy who ,might approach it.
I passed through several rooms which though
natural in part had, doubtless been greatly
enlarged by excavation.- In these apartments
the Sheikh sheltered,his goats and sheep, and
stored his wheat, barley, and straw. Ile had
a numerous family, for I observed four or
five stout, stalwart boys lazing about, and'
several *omen and girls who gazed at me with
looks of mingled curiosity.and amazement.
The caverns were in three stories. } as 4,
tended to the secontt story by means of
dark, dismal, stone '}.airway that seemed to
have been dug oat.of the solid rock. Here,
too, I found several apartments, andlifter a
hurried survey, ascended to the third! story,
the highest cavern of- all.. The Ascent was
effeqted by elimbing,a tree, that is,
,a, large,
pine tree, with. itg branches lopped off within
four or fii:e feet cif the tfunk, was placed in a
large. circular apertur,e or shaft connecting
with the second etidAhilll stories, this being
the only means. of' communication between
the two. From A narrow loop-hole I had a
.fine view of the valley and river which flows
at the base of the bluff below. .
Climbing driwn tram this high nook in the
rocks and descending the dark, Barrow stair.
way, I passed out through the gallery as I
entered. This being l in fact the only way of
access to the cavern: I gave the Sheikh as a
remuneration for his,politcness and his pains
a bukhsheeh of five piasters, (20 cents,) for
which he returned Many thanks.
If I hall - then known what I afterwards
learned at Horns, and, What'Saleh had already
suspected, that this same Abu Aulee •wasac
tually the leader of a.band of robbers, I do
not think I should have trusted myself so un
concernedly in his hands. '
Returning to my tent, I found that Saleh
had everything packed ready for a start. As
Hormel lay out of our direct route, and we
had no longer any particular object , in visit
ing the place, .we determined to leave it out
of-our course altogether, and we accordingly
rook an opposite direction across the plain to
the eastward, in order to examine an ancient
monument, called the Kama, of which :I had
beard frequent mention andseen notices in
books of travels. An hour's riding without
any road over rough ground and loose pieces
of trap rock, brought us.to the spot. ,
The monument is Ei square structure, built
of large, hewn stones i. is two stories high and
surmounted by a pyramid. The whole rests
on a pedestal or base, about thirty-six' feet
square; and the height from the ground to
the ulp of the pyramid is probably not far
from sixty feet. Thd sides of the monument
which face the four cardinal points:are sculp
tured in bas-relief, wish rude, grotesque pic
tures of animal" and .implements of hunting.
On the west side are' l l.hres figures bearing
some resemblance to Mt elephant, bear, and
panther.. On the north aide are two ' deers,
one standing, and on lying down. Onthe
east side is a representation of a pack of On.
besetting an ox, bothlri-front and rear. And
on the south side, which :is very much shat
tered and broken away, is a dog seizing some
animal by • the tail. What the animal was it
is impossible to determine, for on account. of
the falling of sorne.ofithe.stones nothing but
the tail of the beast remains. ihe design-of
this monument it is id vain to. conjecture, for
it bears no inscliptiMis or dates, or other
marks which would alfotcl - any clue to its his
tory. '
The character of t e figures and groups
sculptured upon the sides ' t of the structure
-have' led some to sup ose that it is a hunting
monument; erected b some one of the 'an
cient-kings in comm moration of his success
in the'pursuit and 'ea Lure of the wild game
in which the mown ins once probably a
bounded. The Kara a occupies a command
ing pOsition, and fron it may be . seen the
castle of . Horns on ' i
he north , and Mount
llerinon on the idut
~ The former - thirty,
and the latter seventy miles :distant. Dr.
Robinson visited thisimonument in 1852 and
has given a foil dlscrx ticin - of it in the third
volume of new ec Won't:if his Biblical Re
searches. .
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I' Front the &mos our course lay; about
due north. Hall an hour's ride brought. us'
td the Horns , road: All beGireus was avast;
level, desert,' plain, niteiiltivatisi ond . uninhab.-
ited. For many, many miles ,we sew with;
er hamlet, nor house, !ntir hut, tide any. ,other
indication of the , proZirnit,Y.of man, *ad. even .
the river , ' winding faits •tlee2, narrow
.bed; 1
wss quite bidden,frein our vie*, thero'belut
AO g reen border 9f trees or shrubs, or other
yegetatton; along its :banks, . by, which -its
course Might be :determined. ScnetiMes
we descried in the distances; herds of the,
gricifill easel's:gnu:l4,oD the withered grasa
and roots. of the plain; nd as soon ss they
became aware, of, Our - apprOach, tiles
' sway with,ulmost, inoisidibk,. typidity; De.
' casiogdy , too, a, liiiiiirjr' vultiire would Sy IS.
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ally over our heads in quest of prey. Aside
from these, there was little, outside .of our,
company, to indicate either life or motion.—
All was one vast desolation. Sometimes
when the road diverged-either to the right or
left we were at a loss which arse to take.
In one place our ' c
dilemma was complete. Sa
lt+ insisted on going to the left, I was as res
olutely bent on going to the right, neither of
us could convince the other, for neither would
be convinced. We finally compromised the
matter by resolving to take neither road, but
pursue a course between the two. We there
fore Stanek out into the plain,, ; with no . road,
and no guide but my pocket compass. :In
half an hour or more we came toe deep, nar
row canal, leading from the river. • This was
an &respected obstacle, and 'we rofe along
'the bank for a considerable distance, before
we were able to find a place,.se which to et
feet el crossing, we however got safely over,
and shortly after came upon the remains of
an ancient aqueduct. An hour or more fur
ther on we saw a village in advance of .us,
which we supposed'to he Shemea, but which,
(in our arrival, we found to be _the ancient
Two or three thousand years ago, Ribleh
WAS probably a larger town, but now it is a
little,.dirty village, containing not more than
two hundred and fifty inhabitants. The houses
are built Of atones. sticks, and mud, and
many of them are of a circularor sugar lciaf
shape, being from ten to twelve feet in height,
and perhaps nine or ten feet in diameter, at
the base. Here as in many other villages we
noticed large quantities of manure and other
refuse from the cattle yards which had been
colleeted,and piled up by the - inhabitants to
dry for fuel.
!MIA is a place of great antiquity; and is
first mentioned in Num., chapter xx - xtv, ss
One of the border towns of the land allotted ,
to the children of Israel. To this place Jehoe
has the king of Israel was banished by. the
Egyptian king, Pharaoh-nechoh, about six
hundred years before Christ, and about thir
ty years later Nebtichadnerzar encamped
here with his immense Assyrian host. Hav
ing taken Jerusalem, he 'brought king Zede-
Irish and sons to Ribleb, where, after slaying
the sore, he put out the kings eyes, and took
him bound in chains to Babylon. (See 2d
Kings, 25:6,7; Jer. 39:5-7.)
Opposite to Ribleh the two great parallel
mountain chains of Lebanon and Anti-Leba
non extending nearly one hundred miles have
their northern termination, the former break
ing down abruptly on the west about six or
eight miles distant, and the latter terminating
in a semicircular sweep about the same die.
tanee on the east. The great plain 'of the
I3trkaa already referred to, which lies tie_
tween these two parallel ranges, here loins
the vast plain of Horns. which stretches away
•many days travel facto the North and East
to the ancient city of Palmyra, and the great
river Euphrates.
This northern -extremity of the Bukaa
where it emerges from between ,the two
mountain ranges, is I little dOubt, the great
geographical pass or opening, known in th 6
&riptures as the "entrance of Hamath,"
(Numbers x•xxiv:S,) the city and territory of
Hamath being immediately north of Homy.
At Riblch we came once more upon -the
river Orontes, which was here perhaps thirty
or forty yards wide.
We had thus far been traveling east of the
river, but. as we were told that it wan unsafe
'to travel further in this direction on account
of the roving Arabs that infested the great
open plain to the north and eastward, we de
termined to cross over the river and pursue
the remainder of our journey on the western
bank. Some villagers were just .about to'
ford the river as we came up, - and following
close behind them, we had no difficulty in ef.
letting the crossing.
We found traveling on the western side of
the river quite tedious on account of the
swampy nature of the ground, which com
pelled us to make many long circuits in or.
der to avoid getting into the .wire.
About half-past-four, p. tn., we arrived at
a large artificial mound on the summit- of
which is a village and an immense Mosietn
tomb surmounted by a white dome. The
mound is called Tell Neby Mindau (i. e. the
hill of the prophet Mindau.)• This mound
with its prominent dome had been in sight
nearly the whole day. We found here some
large hewn stones and fragments of pillars,
the remains of some ancient'city.
We pitched our tent by_the banks of
a littled stream of water, and while we
were eating our simple sapper of boiled rice'
rind milk, the villagers - carne around us and,
asked me if I was a consul, and wished to
know why I did not pay my respects to the
governor of the town. -
Near by us some of the native peasantry
had formed an encampment where they • bad
been spending several days, in gathering- in
their corn and grain. They seemed quite
alartned at our taking up our quarter so petit'
them saying that the robbers would be ate
tracted by the Sight of our tent, and would
cotne upotithem by night and take away all
their property. We tried to quiet their
fears, but they finally all retired to the vil
lage, leaving us the sole occupants of the field.
We passed the night undisturbed, and the
next morning resumed our journey having
but five•hours - more to Horns: We found
however that it would take a much longer
time than this, if we continued on the west
era side of the rivet', for we should be obliged
to make many long detours in onler to avoid
the swamps and 'marshes that lay before
We resolved, therefore, to recross the Pron
tea if on inquiry, we should find the road on
the east bank tolerably safe. Presently we
came to a bridge across the river, where there
were flour mills in operation. In 'answer to
our interrogation the people informed us that
the road to the east, of
. the river, was, quite
imPitisable on account of the robbers, al
though sore declared there, was no danger..
Finally, a large,'slouehipg looking fellow
carne forward and offered for sum of mon-.
, Oy to escort us to noms',ltt 'safety. ,1;
marked to 840 :*" If tide map is not afraid,
of the Bedouins, 'why ihnidd i vio be ,
Whereepoti we *hipped,pp our animals,
ciortaid-the bridge to the - nut batik, and were
once More on the 'direct road to. nutria.--
`Passing through:Cho or throe, 'Omar vinagaki
in about an boar we reached' the - Like of,,
liades,alsocalied Lake.oflio.trta.end.through '
arik;ch the Otpptea flouts : lbeLabe 'about
filte,rriileii)ont, and perbsps two rake ,wide.
Near, the bead _ of Lake is
'on ilOcbla au 40414 tUound like. Ault 'at.
ITiperis are many these 'a]orrads
luisittaica:tbrouetoutilbia put of 65443 - ,ind
are probably tbisiteirof *mint' cities, stud
lill
1 NO. 17.
towns whose names and history' bare fiog the
most part perished. We had not proceeded
far along the border of the lake, before we
descried in the distance a large Tinny of Arabs
thirty or forty in' number-mounted on earn
els and horses, advancing towards-us. They
were dressed in loose robes of black,' goats
hair cloth, and armed with long spears which
were decorated with tufts of ostrich feathers
eight or ten inches from the point. The op
pearance of this company was under the cif.-
cnmstances anything but agreeable to us, and
we could hardly. suppress the thought that it
would have been better. for us, notwithstand-'
ing the swamps andbogs,,tO have kept on the
Other side of the river. But now it was too.
late to
. retreat, and therefore plucking up our
courage, and braein r ,u oupelves firmly in our
stirrups, we prepared to meet the enemy., I
led the San mounted_ on. my whim -- ebaract
next came the animal with the baggage, and
lastly, Saleh, astride of his little gray dtinkey
brought:up the rear., This was our whole
disposable force.- Ott they came "the whisk•
Pred pandoors and the fierce hnzzars," but.
however great the disparity in our respective
Numbers, and however many our misgivings,
We felt that it was important to maintain our
self•poisession and exhibit no:signs of fear.
and accordingly we determined to attack the
enemy neither on their right wing or left.but
march directly toward the middle of their
front rank.
We advanced as composedly and undaunt-
Cdly as the exigencies of the ease would per
mit, and the rarlt was our complete success,
for as soon as we came up to them, the Ar
abs opened to the righ, and left, and they,re.
fuming our friendly. salutations in their deep.
gutteral tones, 'we passed through their midst
as safely as the children of Israel passed thro'
the waters of the Bed - Sea. We turned and
looked at them, and they turned and looked
at us, (bey perhaps wandering our' pre
sumption, quite as . inuelt,as we admired dick
unaccustomed lenity.
. - . .
We were not long in getting out of sight
and then we breathed more freely and thank
ed God foe our deliverance.
Arriving at the lower extremity of the
lake, we met a man who inforthed us that
there were several parties of Arabs in ad
vance of us, and he urgently advised ms to
change our route. We accordingly turned
out of the read to the westward, and in thir
way avoided the large, band of men, whom
we saw in the distance._
Horns was now in full view, about five
miles ocand thinking Oil danger was 'over,
and seeing than the course- we were taking
was leading us considerably out of our way,
I proposed to Saleh that we turn back into
the direct road.' Saleh hesitated, but finally
assented, saying as he. did so, "May Allah
give us p4ace."
We had hardly gat hack into the road be
fore Ave observed another armed band ap
proaching.. Again our fears and apprehen.
sions were excited, and again 'wQ found it
necessary to summon all our courage. We
came up to them and passed them. as we did
the first company we met, simply- bowing
had giving the customary sidutations. Some
of the-party looked coldly at us;' others re•
turned our greetings. . -
Without further interruption or incident
we arrived at limns at lialfpastonte o'clock,
truly grateful to the kind Providelice which
had brought us safely through all the dan
gers of the way.
We entered the city through the southern
' gate called " Turcoman," and a few minutes
elle:wards received the cordial welcome of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson at their own house.— -
Found them-and their children and Sada all
well. They. had nearly given up the hope,,
of seeing me, thinking perhaps that on ac
count of the unsafe state of the country, I
had abandoned all idea of visiting them. I
related to them how for two days past I had
been nothing the gauntlet -between thieves
and robbers, from the den of old Abu Aulee
to the gate TurcoMan. ".Yes," said Mrs.
W. "and the nearer you got to Iloms, the
more your danger increased." I replied that
the fact of my being a Frank was probably
the reason why I had pot been molested.—
" Yes," said Mr: titi ilson, "your Frank hat
saved you."
This remark recalled to my mind a little
incident which occurred in my, experience_
several years ago in . America. Being .on a
visit to uncle B—=iin the village of
strolled out one morning for a walk, and
pas Sing near a field in whicK,iome boys were
picking strawberries, I joined them. In a
few moments the boys.suddenly started up
and rushed by me in breathless haste, calling
out to me, "Ilun, run! old Sam's- wining !
old Sam's coining!" I immediately put on
my double periscopics that I might better un:
derstand the natures of the danger I
. was in,
and the source from whence it proceeded,
when I perceived a thick, stout man urging
his way, toward me with as much celerity as
his unwieldy propellors would 'admit, and
venting horrible oaths and imprecations. 1_
stood still, quietly awaiting may fate,, but he
only looked at 'me, and then passed on with
his hands full of stones; exclaiming' with- a
Stentorian " I'll teach the . rascals
_not
to get into my meadow again; this makes
three timesTve dfiven 'em out this week."
On returning to my uncle, - and informing
him of what had oecorred, he remarked with
a pedaliir, knowing likk,.perfectlY character.
bile of hitpself, "Do you know what saved
'you' it was thine spectacles.". And so now
It would seem that my Kossuth hat:possessed
the stanwpoteney 'with the - Arabi that the.
spectacles had wttb-" old Sam." ...
The reniainder.of - the'afienmon after my
arrival at Homo, I spent in conversing with
Mr. W. on matters connected with our rnis-'
sionary. work, The next day Was , the. Sob•
bath, and its sweet, quiet rest was most wel
come to me, and refreshing both to body and
spirit: Mr. W. had 'a • Bible
,Class in the
inorning, andin the-aflononn preached to.
a small but ritte,ative audience . from - I=4 ,
Ifany tram have not the L spirit of
Christ, basis pone'of-his:". Dining, the day.l
UM an opportunity of conversing with iev
end piing men who had borne much. pens ,
-endow on amount of their love of,,the,.trath. - .
l'boy,had beim frequently , forhiddan by.their
bishop and priests to.:. *lnca
house, yetauelt was tbtir desire to bear and
tinderstarid the gospel that they pereisted in'
coming.: One day the bigoted bishop •be.
came so enraged: at one of thole young . men:
for his.manly defense of freedom of, thuught 4 '
that be knOeked him down in his.own. house,
dealinpueb a heavy blow with his-cane as
nearly to put out the young man's eye.; This
bishop is netellows,lbmughont the country.
iteultiallttempar,-and It is a well establishik
,
feet thailt few yeses ago, getting angry with
an 'obstinate ass.which dared to disobey him,
'he caused theisikir, dumb beast to be hung
hp by hit net:3(j° the bough of a tree, till he
wail (elite dead.: • '
Most of 'the young men' Who come to. Mr.
- Ws house are of the Greek Church, though
'soine ( are of the old Syrian or Jacobite sect:
At' the meeting onßabbeth afternoon there
'was an" old Woman present who had never at- _
tended, before, and who . Mr., W.' said had
probably been sent as a •py to. report those
who were present., Before the cony:limed:
MO. of the while sitting alone by •
;myself,. 'Meanie quite interceded in a con
versatimf which' I overheard hetween several
young men in another' part -of the room.--7.
Said one, "Believe me. Daood, the bishop •
has got kts spies.out wateltirig every one who
cotno . tb this house." "Yes;" replied the
person addressed, "we shall he doubly
cursed and excommunicated to-day : but nev
er fear—let 'us stick together to the last." I
drew my chair towards them, and entering
into the conversation,; endeavored to point
them to God as the-true source of all strength.
and consolation, and urged them to stand
firmly for Christ turd his gospel. I repeated
to them the "words," Fear not them which kill
body, but
.are not able to kill the 'soul :
but rather fear him which is able to destroy
both soul and body, in hell." " Blessed 'are
ye when men shall revile you and persecute
you, and. shall Sal all manner" of evil against
you falsely, for my sake," dr,e. Surely these
.persecuted young men deserve our warmest
sympathies and earnest prayers.
On Monday, Mr. W.. and myself spent
an hoer or twoin - walking.about the streets .
onloms. Of the city I need 'not here par- '
titularly speak. Its high walls and massive
gates, its lofty mound and ruined fortress,
its numerous mosques and minarets, its hous.
es of unburnt brick, and dusty streets, its
odorous gardens and un.que bazars : theaejd
have already been suffieienEly de:scribed ,
our previous letters home
On Tuesday toorning,,aCcording to previ
ous arrangement, Mr. W. and myself, ac
companiwl by Saleh, and a- young man
=
BM
named Saliba, set out for a visit to Hamath,
seven or eight hours' rideufo the north. Our -
road lay directly across a part of the great
plain that stretches tar away from IIQITIS on
every side, and throughout the whole dis
tance wmi nearly as level as the surface of
the untroubled sea.; If a railrOad should ever
he built bete, little or no*grading would be *
repined. Alter riding three hours-and-a
half, ive reaehed Riston, a Walled town of
'4-Noe two or three thousand inhabitants.— .•,.
We noticed fragments Of fallen columns and
capitals, and 'other; ancient ruins neat- by.—
Mr.
Wilson informed me that this is the on
ly village in alt that rear - on that does not pay
black mail to the-Arab; of the desert. The
roving bands of plubdering Bedouins cle
*scald suddenly 'upon the small villages and
towns, and extort from the affrighted, de-. •
fenseless inhabitants large sums of money, -
and take from them such amount of grain .
and cattle as they please. The people of
Riston, however, have combined and armed-
themselves in self-defence. They de all their
ploughing together upon- the- same day.—
They
also plant together and reap together,
being always prepared t 0 repel attack. -Oth.
er villages have attempted to follow their ,
example, but' have been forbidden by the
Sultan-to purchase arms_; be, fearing...lest, af
ter a time, they should becMne,strong enough
to resist the exactions of the government
Thus the pear inhabitantS ,of the plain are
neither protected by their rulers, nor fire •
lowed to, protect themselves. An unjust and '
.despotic government levies heavy taxes upun
them, and then leaves them .a prey to brig-' •
ands and 'robbers. And this is the reason
why large, extensive tracts of land in this,
(;`ne of tho most beautiful, 'fertile countries
in the world, are left wholly uncultivated and •
desolate. At Iliston 'we came . again upon
the'river Orontes, which we crossed on a
long, well.bni It bridge, 'of at least • a dozen
arches. An hour or mote\ afterwards, we
rode along, the base of- three hills or mounds_
that seemed to stand isolated in the plain,and
from behind which, as Mr. W. informed me, •
the Arab-freebooters frequentlfpounce upon
the travelers and-caravans that pass between .
Ilamath and Horns. We - kept our eyes •
turned suspiciouslktowardi — the hills,, until
-we left them quite behind us, and two hours
- afterwards, about - 3 - p. m., we entered the
southern gate of Hamath. lEassing through
several streets, We penetrated to the midst
of the city, where we pitched our tent on the
banks of the same river which I had thus far i
followed liOm its very source., A feiv feet '
from us was an immense-water wheel; '7O •
feet'in diameter,' which revolved by the force
of the current, and which, by means of boxes
attached-to the circumference, elevated the
water to an aqueduct, some 60 feet above the
river, thus irrigating theneighboringgardeni,
and supplying the people with . : water. The • •
hideous noise caused by the skin revolution of
this gigantic wheel about its huge wooden ax
letree,, exceeded by far anything.of the kind I
had ever beard It was like the combination .
of a thousand kereams and yells and unearth.
ly groans mingled with the howlings of wild
beasti;the braying , of donkeys, and,. the
screeehings of innumerable wheelbarrows •
.and ungreased, cartwheels. It forcibly re
minded-
me, to ascend from the ridiculous to ^.
the sublime, of Milton's description of the • :
horrid sound produced by the opening of the
,gates of Pandemonium :
"Oa sadden open fly . •
' With impetuous recoil and jarring remind
Th' infernal doors, and on their bingei grate
Harsh thunder. •
There were about twenty of these wheels,
some of a smaller size, along the riverladif-
terent parts of the city. They are called by
the Arnim lila•oora, and at times their clangor
may bet:ward - for miles. I haie beard 'the
deep gutteral gruntine t' of over-loaded camels
staggering under their heavy burdens • I have
-heard the growling of Herr Driesbach's bun
, hyenas and tigers when impatient, for
their food ; I have listened to the booming of
1 the wide-mouthed Mouton, 'and to. the
nighthowling of the fierce winter windfs . ; I •
havie•heard the roaring of the sea, Niagara,-
and thunder, but I have never heard any
thing before like the voice of the ponderous
~,Xis.orra. • • •.- •••
Little before sunset we went into a, Greek
church near by, and rernainedlill the time of
the 'evening prayers. There were only
, twelve or . fiftecn present .' The priest, in the
' usual nasal twang 61'his order went rapidly
through the service, after which some of the
people, paid their:stupid devotions to the pie.
'
turn of the Saints and of the,;Virgin Mary.
Gni large picture suspended against the wall, -
and, partially ooneealed.from view by-t-call
ow curtain, attracted our - attention, At our
.reqoest e , theintil Waft withdrawn,.and the pic
ture-proved to be an exhibition 'of the infer
nal-regions. -GrOups` of - men were repre
sented' as being tormented in the midst of a
I burning, sulphurous lake; the lurid flames _
Land smoke rising around them on every side,
while devils of various forms, with borniond
hoofs, and barbed tails, were tormenting
their victims-by thrusting Speen and forks
into' their bodies, pulling' out their'eYA flay
-Mg theta;. disembowelling • them; and
using many other 'equally horrible modes of
inflicting agony and; pain. ' We were' told
that the design of the picture was to Impel ,
men to do right by eihibitisig to, tilem the
nonsequences of doing wr/ang.. , We,, hewer,
er, filled to -pencil a that the. edits bad bad