. William H. Seward's travels around the world. coasting-steamer presents us with another peculiar phase of travel. Exceptour party, there are neither Americans, nor English, nor are natives of the towns of Syria, Palestine, the Greek islands,and Asia Minor. They are, in fact, a reproduction of the hetero-geneous multitude whom Peter addressed at Jerusalem on the dayof Pentecost, as far as the classifications of modern geography willallow: Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Meso-potamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phry-gia, and Pamphyl
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. coasting-steamer presents us with another peculiar phase of travel. Exceptour party, there are neither Americans, nor English, nor are natives of the towns of Syria, Palestine, the Greek islands,and Asia Minor. They are, in fact, a reproduction of the hetero-geneous multitude whom Peter addressed at Jerusalem on the dayof Pentecost, as far as the classifications of modern geography willallow: Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Meso-potamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phry-gia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cy-rene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Ara-bians. After being dazzled almost to blindness by the reflection of atropical sunlight from the glaring sand of the desert, it is gratefullyrefreshing to look out upon the green fields of Sharon. Mr. Sew-ard, who sojourned here a week under quarantine in 1859, indicatedfrom the deck the convent made forever historical by Bonapartes. JAFFA AND EAMLEH. 579 alleged poisoning of his sick and disabled soldiers to prevent theirfalling into the hands of the Turks. He pointed out also the houseand grounds which are shown to travellers as the house of Simonthe tanner, and a rock into which has been inserted a large ring,asserted to have been used for two very different purposes: theone for chaining Andromeda, and the other for holding NoahsArk in its place until he was ready to embark on his extraordinarycruise. Jaffa, though not after the European taste, is, nevertheless, ahandsome town, covering a rocky cliff, and overhanging the cast anchor half a mile from shore, for there is no harbor, andour eyes were immediately greeted with a sight of the stars andstripes floating over a beautiful green suburb, two miles outsidethe walls of Jaffa, and our ears with the intelligence that it was the American colony. A boat came promptly off the shore and puton deck Mr. Benjamin
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