. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. lfilled : There shall be an handful of corn in the earthupon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like BEIRUT. 453 Lebanon. * After much kindness at the hands of Mr. Shakoorwe began to descend, over narrow paths full of loose stones,that frequently slipped from under the horses feet. As werode in places high up on the brow of the hill and gazed downon the abys
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. lfilled : There shall be an handful of corn in the earthupon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like BEIRUT. 453 Lebanon. * After much kindness at the hands of Mr. Shakoorwe began to descend, over narrow paths full of loose stones,that frequently slipped from under the horses feet. As werode in places high up on the brow of the hill and gazed downon the abysses below, and could hear the roar of the mountainstreams rushing against the rocks, we shuddered to think ofthe consequences if our sure-footed horse made a false whole scene was one of wild grandeur, and will never diefrom my memory while time lasts. As the last rays of the sunwere lingering we reached the diligence road, paid our friendlyguide, bade him and the Lebanons adieu forever, and hastenedon for Beirut which we could see far away on the sea reached Beirut late at night and rode by the aid of themoon through the sweet-scented suburbs to our hotel whichwas by the sea. * Ps. lxxii. Chapter XX. FROM BEIRUT TO SMYRNA.
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