Things seen in Palestine . h led to such a point ofview. 47 Things Seen in Palestine Yet, even for the ordinary traveller withhis sketch-book and camera, for the averagereader, the humblest Bible student, thereare in Palestine infinite stores of instruc-tion and delight. Fashion and personalconductors have found it convenient thathe shall visit it at the beginning or end ofhis visit to Egypt, and he seldom sees thebeautiful autumn days when the land isawakening from her summer sleep, so farare the seasons other than those to whichwe are accustomed. He often arrives intime for the cold which se
Things seen in Palestine . h led to such a point ofview. 47 Things Seen in Palestine Yet, even for the ordinary traveller withhis sketch-book and camera, for the averagereader, the humblest Bible student, thereare in Palestine infinite stores of instruc-tion and delight. Fashion and personalconductors have found it convenient thathe shall visit it at the beginning or end ofhis visit to Egypt, and he seldom sees thebeautiful autumn days when the land isawakening from her summer sleep, so farare the seasons other than those to whichwe are accustomed. He often arrives intime for the cold which sets in after theearly rains, and before the vernal sunshineand the latter rain have painted thelandscape with the crimson and purple andgold of the spring flowers. There are somewho complain that the country is bare andcolourless, and yet to those who love itthe pageant of the year is one of endlessbeauty. There are but two seasons, winterand summer, and the dividing line may besaid to be the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, 48. < «o a o 02CgO aE o 55 HH0202 O a Glamour of the Holy Land the Harvest Thanksgiving, a movablefeast, but which falls about the end ofOctober or beginning of November. All the harvest has then been gatheredin, the wheat and barley long ago in Aprilor May. Then came the various beans,herbs, cucumbers (in a variety of which weknow nothing), vegetables, all of greatvalue to the population, largely vegetarian;then the later cereals, the durra (millet),the sesame, the last not unlike a foxgloveplant in appearance, and covering wide acresin the Plain of Sharon. In August andSeptember came the cactus with its deliciouslefreshing fruit ice-cold on the hottest day,the dates, figs, pomegranates, golden andcrimson, the locusts with their long darkpods against the deep green of the caroub-trees, the almonds, apricots, peaches, and,finally, the grape harvest. The grape harvest is a time of marvellousbeauty in Palestine. After the corn hasbeen gathered in comes the per
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