Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . RELIEF OF CLEO-PATRA, TEMPLEOF HATHOR. :??--. BAZAAR IN CAIRO. terranean quarries cf Masaraand Tura which yielded the stoneused in the construction of the pyramids. The time allotted for Alexandria and Cairo is r — sufficient to visit with easeall the points of greatest in-terest. M a-. A blue range ofhills in the dist-ance—the mountains of Ju-daea—a yellow beach and,lastly, the appearance of thetown of Jaffa, rising on a hilllike a fortified place, proclaim to the traveler that he is ap- sphinx and pyramids, eg
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . RELIEF OF CLEO-PATRA, TEMPLEOF HATHOR. :??--. BAZAAR IN CAIRO. terranean quarries cf Masaraand Tura which yielded the stoneused in the construction of the pyramids. The time allotted for Alexandria and Cairo is r — sufficient to visit with easeall the points of greatest in-terest. M a-. A blue range ofhills in the dist-ance—the mountains of Ju-daea—a yellow beach and,lastly, the appearance of thetown of Jaffa, rising on a hilllike a fortified place, proclaim to the traveler that he is ap- sphinx and pyramids, egypt. proaching the most interesting country in the world—theHoly Land. , The journey from Jaffa to ; Jerusalem is now made byJ rail in a few hours. At firstsight many will be sadly dis-appointed in the Holy City,for it will seem as thoughlittle were left of the ancientCity of Zion and present degraded as-pect of the place, where oncethe stupendous scenes wereenacted which exercised sosupreme an influence on re-ligious thought throughout the world, cannot fail to make amelancholic impression uponthe traveler, but if he pen-etrates beneath the crust ofrubbish which shrouds thesacred places from view, hewill be able to realize to him-self a picture of the Jerusalemof antiquity. The first visit will be to theHaram esh-Sherif, one of themost profou
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