The Holy Land and the Bible; . ber of predatory birds in Palestine andSyria is wonderful, but as they seem to be the chief enemies of thesmall birds, man taking little part in this form of destruction, there is noscarcity of these charming creatures. Vines abounded, the short stemsbent from the north, so as to catch the southern sun, and proppedby a short stick, to keep them from the ground. Hedges and treeswere bursting into leaf, for it was the 28th of March. The houseswere of stone, with flat roofs, formed of layers of brush laid on roughcross-beams, with a thick coating of mud, the whole b
The Holy Land and the Bible; . ber of predatory birds in Palestine andSyria is wonderful, but as they seem to be the chief enemies of thesmall birds, man taking little part in this form of destruction, there is noscarcity of these charming creatures. Vines abounded, the short stemsbent from the north, so as to catch the southern sun, and proppedby a short stick, to keep them from the ground. Hedges and treeswere bursting into leaf, for it was the 28th of March. The houseswere of stone, with flat roofs, formed of layers of brush laid on roughcross-beams, with a thick coating of mud, the whole being kept solidby frequent pressure of a heavy roller. Mud seemed to be used as thecement for the house-walls. Very few trees, except some poplars nowand then, were to be seen on the plains or the hills; but orchardsbecame numerous as we approached Shtora, while a broad stream ranalongside the road, with side channels at many points, leading off thewater into runnels over the fields. 1 Correct translation. 2 Ezek. xxxi. 3—^.. Cedars of Lebanon. (See page 623.) Lll] BEIEOtJT. 625 CHAPTER LII. BEIROUT. From Shtora to Beirout is precisely like the journey from Damascusto Shtora : a long ascent of one side of a great mountain-cljain, and thena descent on the other side The French road is magnihcent, and iskept in splendid repair. Hours of climbing steep heights, zig-zaggedto make them easier; of galloping along the table-land thus gained,and then of climbing another ascent, filled the one half of the journey,and all this was exactly reversed in the second half Near Shtora, thehill-sides are very generally terraced; flat-roofed villages clinging tothe steep mountains, often very picturesquely. Long trains of wag-ons, filled with goods, met ns, toiling on from Beirout to Damascus,with four horses to drag them up the hills. This is a wonderfulimprovement on the Oriental system of camels, mules, and asses, ladenas heavily as they can bear, jogging on at two miles an hour; but thatpri
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