Syria from the saddle . H — A HOUSE OF MOURNING. AZARETH is built into a crescent-shaped hillside and extends fromthe summit down into the plainbeneath. Like many cities of Pales-tine it has one dominating is a thoroughly Jewishtown; Nablous (Shechem) is Mos-lem ; while Nazareth is largelymade up of Christians. The location is one of the finestin Syria, and rich foliage, contrast-ing with the white walls, addsgreatly to the towns picturesquebeauty. The citizens also have a thrifty, well-kept lookand the houses are, as a rule, fairly large, light, andclean. In the plain just b
Syria from the saddle . H — A HOUSE OF MOURNING. AZARETH is built into a crescent-shaped hillside and extends fromthe summit down into the plainbeneath. Like many cities of Pales-tine it has one dominating is a thoroughly Jewishtown; Nablous (Shechem) is Mos-lem ; while Nazareth is largelymade up of Christians. The location is one of the finestin Syria, and rich foliage, contrast-ing with the white walls, addsgreatly to the towns picturesquebeauty. The citizens also have a thrifty, well-kept lookand the houses are, as a rule, fairly large, light, andclean. In the plain just beyond the last house, lies the thresh-ing-floor, and here we were to have camped; but thecanteen-mule had as usual got into trouble ; this timehaving lodged his burden somewhere between two rocks,thus stopping the train for more than an hour, and whenat last the camp was pitched, the tents were found too wetfor comfort. So we put up at the one hotel of the bore the sign : Hotel de Nazareth. I cannot say 164.
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