Out-of-Doors in the Holyland . The Tall Tower of the Forty Martyrs at Ramleh. GOING UP TO JERUSALEM there around some Mohammedan saints tomb, theywould have seemed forbidding but that their slopeswere clothed with the tender herbage of spring, theiroutlines varied with deep valleys and blue gorges,and all their mighty bulwarks jewelled right royallywith the opalescence of sunset. In a hollow of the green plain to the left we couldsee the white houses and the yellow church tower ofLydda, the supposed burial-place of Saint Georgeof Cappadocia, who killed the dragon and becamethe patron saint of
Out-of-Doors in the Holyland . The Tall Tower of the Forty Martyrs at Ramleh. GOING UP TO JERUSALEM there around some Mohammedan saints tomb, theywould have seemed forbidding but that their slopeswere clothed with the tender herbage of spring, theiroutlines varied with deep valleys and blue gorges,and all their mighty bulwarks jewelled right royallywith the opalescence of sunset. In a hollow of the green plain to the left we couldsee the white houses and the yellow church tower ofLydda, the supposed burial-place of Saint Georgeof Cappadocia, who killed the dragon and becamethe patron saint of England. On a conical hill to theright shone the tents of the Scotch explorer who isexcavating the ancient city of Gezer, which was thedowry of Pharaohs daughter when she marriedKing Solomon. City, did I say ? At least four citiesare packed one upon another in that grassy mound,the oldest going back to the flint age; and yet if youshould examine their site and measure their ruins,you would feel sure that none of them could eve
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