. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... usalem, and themost auspicious place for the ethnologist to study human va-rieties, for the costumer to examine diversities of dress, forthe traveler to witness the manners of many nations, and forthe artist to sketch the most picturesque of living are Turks, with lofty turbans and flowing robes; wildBedouins of the Desert, clad in capotes of camels hair, and girtabout the
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... usalem, and themost auspicious place for the ethnologist to study human va-rieties, for the costumer to examine diversities of dress, forthe traveler to witness the manners of many nations, and forthe artist to sketch the most picturesque of living are Turks, with lofty turbans and flowing robes; wildBedouins of the Desert, clad in capotes of camels hair, and girtabout the loins with leathern girdles, or attired in their gay,fantastic riding costume, brandishing the polished spear; Fran-ciscan friars in coarse brown cowls, and ivory crucifix danglingat their side; Greek monks in long black flowing garments,high square hats, with magnificent beards, and hair long as awomans, twirling a rosary of mother-of-pearl or of beautifulagate; French and Italian nuns in black, with Avhite linen bon-nets, and rosary and crucifix falling from their waist; beggarsin rags, the lame with crutches, the blind protected by a dog,invoking the charities of the rich; and pilgrims from every na-. f?-t if A^)^ :^m /^.= FROM DAN TO BEEKSIIEBA. 189 tion—Syrians, Turks, Arabs, Nubians, Egyptians, Algerines,Armenians, Copts, Greeks, Jews, Italians, French, Russians,Germans, English, and the ubiquitous American. Passingthrough this motley throng, beggars implore your charitiesand the venders of pious wares solicit your patronage. Hereare for sale sandal-wood beads from Mecca, bowls of bitumenfrom the shores of the Dead Sea, glass rings and braceletsfrom Hebron, olive-wood rosaries from Olivet, crosses of moth-er-of-pearl from Bethlehem, and shells on which are rudelycarved representations of the birth and resurrection of Jesus,small tin cans in which water from the Jordan is carried tothe ends of the earth, wax tapers to be lit at the sacred tomb,and shrouds of cotton clot
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