Syria from the saddle . STB I A FROM THE SADDLE. 167 why this sign was written in French, unless it was be-cause none of the hostelrys inmates understood thatlanguage. Here I was provided with a room. Johnand his cooking outfit took possession of the kitchenand prepared my meals as usual. There were no otherguests at the time, so I had the entire hotel, fully sixrooms, at my disposal; and, beyond the ordinary Eastern. The Fountain of the Virgin. modicum of fleas and mosquitoes, I was made quitecomfortable. David brought his nephew, Nasif Jamal, a graduateof the American College at Beirut, and
Syria from the saddle . STB I A FROM THE SADDLE. 167 why this sign was written in French, unless it was be-cause none of the hostelrys inmates understood thatlanguage. Here I was provided with a room. Johnand his cooking outfit took possession of the kitchenand prepared my meals as usual. There were no otherguests at the time, so I had the entire hotel, fully sixrooms, at my disposal; and, beyond the ordinary Eastern. The Fountain of the Virgin. modicum of fleas and mosquitoes, I was made quitecomfortable. David brought his nephew, Nasif Jamal, a graduateof the American College at Beirut, and son of a Churchof England clergyman, to see me that evening, anddetailed him to act as my guide through Jamal was about twenty-one, spoke English, 168 SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE. French, and Arabic perfectly, and was well known in thetown. He and I mapped out a scheme of sight-seeing,and early next morning started to carry it into first trip was to the Fountain of the Virgin. Thisis of stone and is hollowed out in a hillside on one ofthe main streets. The spring itself is a little below thestreet level, and a few stone steps lead down to it. Anopen space at the foot of these steps is filled, morningand evening, with women who come for water, and whounconsciously form a pretty picture in their many-huedgowns and head-dresses. Women of all ages and reli-gions come here, from mere children
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