Hal's travels in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land : a twelve months' tour during which he saw many wonderful things and a vast deal of fun . An oldfeud between the Maronite Christians and theDruses is being revived, and much bloody work isanticipated. A great many murders have beencommitted within the last few days in the moun-tains of Lebanon, between here and open war of extermination between these twosects is anticipated. It matters little which exter-minates the other, for they are villains all. We are now preparing to leave Beyrout. Our hals travels. 341 steamer sails for Cons
Hal's travels in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land : a twelve months' tour during which he saw many wonderful things and a vast deal of fun . An oldfeud between the Maronite Christians and theDruses is being revived, and much bloody work isanticipated. A great many murders have beencommitted within the last few days in the moun-tains of Lebanon, between here and open war of extermination between these twosects is anticipated. It matters little which exter-minates the other, for they are villains all. We are now preparing to leave Beyrout. Our hals travels. 341 steamer sails for Constantinople to-morrow. I maywrite you another letter one of these days. TillI do, good-bye. Yours, Hal. P. S.—I must not forget to tell jou that I havebought some splendid Arab horses, which, if I suc-ceed in getting them home, will create quite a sen-sation, I think. In spirit they are of the Dare-devil breed. The Arab horses, you know, havelong been celebrated throughout the world for theiriieetness and bottom. It is said that they can runall day. They are also horses of great are mainly noted, however, for long CliDAll OF LEDANON. 342 hals travels. LETTER XXXI. BEY ROUT TO PARIS. From the rumbling noise that comes floatingacross the great waters, I am convinced that thepolitical caldron at home is boiling over, and per-haps scalding folks. The grandiloquent farce re-cently enacted in Charleston has, I see, burst theDemocratic party wide open, and that some of theactors in that funny scene now threaten, for merespite, to tear the Union into several separate anddistinct pieces. The Black Eepublicans, I observe,sneer and slyly laugh in their sleeves at the farce;but they too—many of them—are willing to assistin the threatened destruction; and, between thetwo destructive factions, the danger seems immi-nent, judging from the sputtering noise they while these things are going on, I calmly smokemy pipe, and trust that the fool-killer may comealong
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