. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. ts soon became acquaintedwith the value of shillings and pence, francs and cen-times, drachmae and lepta, piasters and paras. Onour arrival at each port the managers of the tour and thepurser of the vessel obtained a large number of smallcoins of that particular country so that the needs of thetourists could be promptly supplied. Our room at the Hospice was rather cold but myroom-mate said there was one compensation, we needhave no fear of the hotels burning down and so neednot be anxious as to the location of the fire escapesbefore
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. ts soon became acquaintedwith the value of shillings and pence, francs and cen-times, drachmae and lepta, piasters and paras. Onour arrival at each port the managers of the tour and thepurser of the vessel obtained a large number of smallcoins of that particular country so that the needs of thetourists could be promptly supplied. Our room at the Hospice was rather cold but myroom-mate said there was one compensation, we needhave no fear of the hotels burning down and so neednot be anxious as to the location of the fire escapesbefore retiring. The Casa Nova is a stone buildingwith stone stairways and floors. In our room there wasnothing inflammable but the mosquito nettings and lacedraperies over the iron bedsteads. Two candles fur-nished us with light, hempen rugs covered portions ofthe black and white marble floor, a gilded crucifix hungon the painted stone wall, and two chairs, a small table,and a washstand completed the furnishing. Early Thursday morning, with bright anticipations,. (20l) 202 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. we started for a visit to Bethlehem. The drive of sixmiles over a good limestone road was one of much
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