. Six and one abroad. stant, and I haveno doubt a repetition of it w^ould have prolonged my stayin the city. The church stands upon the site of the house of Rimmonmentioned in the Bible narrative of the cure of Naaman abovenoted, (so said the preachers and Ill bet on their accuracyof Biblical statement), and contains a magnificent shrineunder which the head of John the Baptist is said to be Bible character has an arm in Malta, his trunk is buriedin Samaria, and his head in Damascus, but I am sure the sepa-ration of his bones occasions no inconvenience now, as thegreat martyr has
. Six and one abroad. stant, and I haveno doubt a repetition of it w^ould have prolonged my stayin the city. The church stands upon the site of the house of Rimmonmentioned in the Bible narrative of the cure of Naaman abovenoted, (so said the preachers and Ill bet on their accuracyof Biblical statement), and contains a magnificent shrineunder which the head of John the Baptist is said to be Bible character has an arm in Malta, his trunk is buriedin Samaria, and his head in Damascus, but I am sure the sepa-ration of his bones occasions no inconvenience now, as thegreat martyr has long ago acquired a new suit of upholsteryand has no further use for the old. In the court of the mosquenear the exit stands a mausoleum of Saladin, the Moslem gen-eral who crushed the crusades and who was the greatest heroof the chivalry of the middle ages. The tomb is of woodand is covered with black broadcloth, embroidered with silver,and fine cashmere shawls. At the head is a glass globe con- 84 Six and One Abroad. MALCHIZEDEK. Two Rainy Days in Damascus 85 taining the faded bouquet presented by the emperor of Ger-many on the occasion of his visit in 1S98. After the emperorsreturn home he sent an ornamental wreath of gold and silverto replace the bouquet, but because a Greek cross was a partof the design it could not be allowed in the temple. This troublewas overcome by the erection of a bay window in the templeto contain it. The houses of Damascus are diminutive affairs built of mudand held together and strengthened with straw. From manyof them there are projections of wooden sleepers upon whichbay windows are built. Practically all the residences are flat-roofed, furnishing a comfortable place for sleeping in the hotsummer and a place to hang out the family laundry to streets are narrow and unspeakable channels of mud. Ifthere are any gardens in Damascus I did not see them. Ifthere are any parks they escaped my most searching investi-gation. If there is anything i
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