The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . CONVENT OF 3AJSTA SAUA. FATIGUING RIDE—ST. SABA. 435 XL. AIN ES SULTAN—JERICHO. April 24th. The tent never was so welcome to me as at the close ofthis long days ride. I am glad we have taken it, but shallnever wish to repeat it. The reasons of this unusual weariness are that we haveactually been in the saddle more than twelve hours, andthen the greater part of the day and of the ride has been inthis depressed and hot region of the Dead Sea. The fact is,our visit is ne
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . CONVENT OF 3AJSTA SAUA. FATIGUING RIDE—ST. SABA. 435 XL. AIN ES SULTAN—JERICHO. April 24th. The tent never was so welcome to me as at the close ofthis long days ride. I am glad we have taken it, but shallnever wish to repeat it. The reasons of this unusual weariness are that we haveactually been in the saddle more than twelve hours, andthen the greater part of the day and of the ride has been inthis depressed and hot region of the Dead Sea. The fact is,our visit is nearly a month too late both for pleasure andhealth. But the fatigue is over, and we may now sit downand review at our leisure this most interesting excursion. Among the multiplicity of sights and scenes which drewmy attention hither and thither in rapid succession, only afew points have impressed their features upon my the morning, as soon as the gate of the convent was open-ed, I climbed to the top of the tower on the south of the ra-vine. From there my eye roamed over a wilderness of rustybrown hills, the m
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