Journey through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the edom of the prophesis . i:i. Borno. CHAPTER XIV. WINDOW OF ST. CATHARINE S. VISIT TO MOUNT SINAI. KOAD OF THE PILGRIMS SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE STONE OF MOSES. DJEBEL SERBAL. HERD OF GAZELLES. — GAZELLE SHOOTING. — WADY MOKATTEB. —INSCRIPTIONS OF MOKATTEB. INSCRIPTIONS. — UNIN-TELLIGIBLE CHARACTERS. DESIGNS. VIEW OF WADY MOKATTEB. WADY MAGARA. HIEROGLYPHICS. — MARA OF SCRIPTURE ATTACK ON A CARAVAN. LOWER EGYPT, — MEHEMET ALL — TOHRAT KINDNESS. In order to complete my pilgrimage, it wasnecessary that I shoul
Journey through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city of Petra, the edom of the prophesis . i:i. Borno. CHAPTER XIV. WINDOW OF ST. CATHARINE S. VISIT TO MOUNT SINAI. KOAD OF THE PILGRIMS SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE STONE OF MOSES. DJEBEL SERBAL. HERD OF GAZELLES. — GAZELLE SHOOTING. — WADY MOKATTEB. —INSCRIPTIONS OF MOKATTEB. INSCRIPTIONS. — UNIN-TELLIGIBLE CHARACTERS. DESIGNS. VIEW OF WADY MOKATTEB. WADY MAGARA. HIEROGLYPHICS. — MARA OF SCRIPTURE ATTACK ON A CARAVAN. LOWER EGYPT, — MEHEMET ALL — TOHRAT KINDNESS. In order to complete my pilgrimage, it wasnecessary that I should ascend Mount of the monks were disposed to accompanyme; they lent me therefore one of their Arabianservants, a sort of Helots among the Bedouins, to .. window of st. Catharines. 23Q be my guide, as well as to carry the provisionswhich were necessary for this fatiguing fastened myself to the rope, and the windlassbeing turned round, I was gently deposited at thefoot of the walls. The rope was rapidly drawn upagain to assure the poor monks that they wereperfectly isolated in the midst of this hostiledesert. The window, which is the only entrance, — thecord, which is the only communication with theexternal world,—give to the whole of this buildinga grave and solemn appearance. When I was drawnup by means of this machine, 1 felt the same im-pression as if I heard the creek of the hinges of alarge door which closes on the visitor who entersthrough curiosity a state prison. This peculiarityappears to have existed from the time when themonks were obliged to protect themselves fromthe repeated hostilities of the surrounding de Polschitz, in 1598, and M. Monconys,in 1647, entered the convent by the great gate:but t
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