. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . \h Fountain near |The Plain of Sharon. GEORGES OPINIONS ABOUT THE STARS. 115 first rays of the morning illumine the wide expanse ofcornland, its brightness being heightened by a darkshadow from the hill behind. On we went over agently undulating plain, partly cultivated, through afew plantations of olive trees, and past orchards ofpomegranates and figs. Here for the first time wesaw camels ploughing, some alone, others joined withan ox or a donkey. We stayed for our midday restat Esdud (the anci
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . \h Fountain near |The Plain of Sharon. GEORGES OPINIONS ABOUT THE STARS. 115 first rays of the morning illumine the wide expanse ofcornland, its brightness being heightened by a darkshadow from the hill behind. On we went over agently undulating plain, partly cultivated, through afew plantations of olive trees, and past orchards ofpomegranates and figs. Here for the first time wesaw camels ploughing, some alone, others joined withan ox or a donkey. We stayed for our midday restat Esdud (the ancient Ashdod), and then continuingour ride over very much the same kind of country wearrived at Askalon, and encamped close to a smallmosque and Arab graveyard, just below the ruins ofthe Crusaders castle, and under some noble old syca-more trees. It was a lovely evening, and we climbed up theslope to explore the ruins of the walls which lookseaward and are half buried in the sand whichhas been blown in from the beach during thecourse of many centuries. Happening here to talkto George about the stars, their size
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