. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . orced march and do twodays in one, and by having car-riages sent some twenty miles outto meet us, we shall be able toleave stirrup and saddle, and byaccelerated mode reach Damascusat six or seven oclock in the even-ing. Let only those in robusthealth attempt to take the lengthof Palestine on horseback. I donot think that it is because of theunhealthiness of the climate in theHoly Land that so many havesickness and died while here, orafterward, but because of thefatigues. The number of milesgives no indication of the exhaus-tions
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . orced march and do twodays in one, and by having car-riages sent some twenty miles outto meet us, we shall be able toleave stirrup and saddle, and byaccelerated mode reach Damascusat six or seven oclock in the even-ing. Let only those in robusthealth attempt to take the lengthof Palestine on horseback. I donot think that it is because of theunhealthiness of the climate in theHoly Land that so many havesickness and died while here, orafterward, but because of thefatigues. The number of milesgives no indication of the exhaus-tions of the way. A hundred andfifty miles in Palestine and Syria dragoman david jamal on horseback demand as much physical strength as four hundred miles on horseback in regions of easy am to-night in good health, notwithstanding the terrible journey; and seatedby a fire, the smoke of which, finding no appropriate place of escape, takes lodg-ment in my nostrils and eyes. For the first time in my life I realize that chimneysare a luxury but not a 166 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK During the night the storm ceased and next morning we rose at five oclockand at six were feeling for the stirrups of our saddles. We are on the road toDamascus. At six oclock p. M. we arrive at Damascus. The long horseback ridethrough Palestine is ended. A carriage met us twenty miles out and brought usto the city. The impressions one receives as he rides along the walled gardensof the place are different from those produced by any other city. To-morrow wewill explore and see for ourselves the place about which we have heard and readso much, the oldest city under the sun. Our first night passed in Damascus, we were up early and abroad, and aftersome days of tarrying here, feel that we have seen Damascus, the street calledStraight, along which good Ananias went to meet Saul, the site of the palaceof Naaman, the leper, the river Abana, as the other day we saw Pharpar, andhave from
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