The Burton Holmes lectures; . thrills that make their way down the spinal column of a manwhen he realizes that he has accomplished something of which 118 FEZ he has long been dreaming. And when we, who have longbeen dreaming of a visit to the Moors metropolis, actuallybehold it, though it iirst appears as only a faint line of wallsand towers, almost undiscernible through the rough sea ofheated air-waves that surge between us and the city, nowthat Fez at last has risen from this endless plain over whichwe have been toiling southward for eleven days, we feel thatwe must draw rein, and for a few
The Burton Holmes lectures; . thrills that make their way down the spinal column of a manwhen he realizes that he has accomplished something of which 118 FEZ he has long been dreaming. And when we, who have longbeen dreaming of a visit to the Moors metropolis, actuallybehold it, though it iirst appears as only a faint line of wallsand towers, almost undiscernible through the rough sea ofheated air-waves that surge between us and the city, nowthat Fez at last has risen from this endless plain over whichwe have been toiling southward for eleven days, we feel thatwe must draw rein, and for a few minutes indulge in theenjoyment of that creeping thrill. There are so few of themin life ; the traveler who can remember twenty of these deli-cious moments in as many years is fortunate above his kintl !Happy in the assurance that a new and thoroughly un-common is opening before us, we ride rapidly our baggage caravan far in the rear, and halting ata respectful distance from the walls, we snatch a hastv. A !• AINT LINK f)I- ANIl TOWKKS
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