The Holy Land and the Bible; . Ps, cxxvii. 5. 2 Rev. xxi. 12, 25. 3 Gen. xxviii. 17,. Wadi Jlukatlub, \alk-y vS. luicrijjlijus. (.See page twl.) IJI.] BEIROUT. 629 pillow, and await perspiration. To aid this beneficial result, cold waterwas proftered nie, and 1 made away witli two tumblerfuls. After a time,a scraggy, chocolate-colored personage, grizzled, lean-faced, and dressedin a towel, proceeded to crack my joints, knead and twist my muscles,and lift me by my armpits, which must have been a hard job, consid-ering our difference in weight. Finally, this tormentor left me, but I ha


The Holy Land and the Bible; . Ps, cxxvii. 5. 2 Rev. xxi. 12, 25. 3 Gen. xxviii. 17,. Wadi Jlukatlub, \alk-y vS. luicrijjlijus. (.See page twl.) IJI.] BEIROUT. 629 pillow, and await perspiration. To aid this beneficial result, cold waterwas proftered nie, and 1 made away witli two tumblerfuls. After a time,a scraggy, chocolate-colored personage, grizzled, lean-faced, and dressedin a towel, proceeded to crack my joints, knead and twist my muscles,and lift me by my armpits, which must have been a hard job, consid-ering our difference in weight. Finally, this tormentor left me, but I had been under his hands long enough to study every featureof the roof, which in the centre was lighted by an army of bulls-eyes,far from clean, with a delightfully clouded surrounding of plaster,which had not seen white-wasli in the memory of the oldest inhabi-tant; the walls around being in excellent keeping with it. The next step was to waddle on my pattens to a small marble-floored recess, the walls of which were in a very poor way, whilethere were two or three holes in the pave


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