The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . melee. One attempted tobe a peace-maker; but in arranging the articles of agree-ment he quarreled louder than all the others put togeth-er. When the storm of human passion had ceased, I in-formed the parties that nothing of the kind must occuragain; and they obeyed my instructions till the nextquarrel, which was longer and louder than the this war of words resulted to our advantage, forHadji Merridj walked faster by two miles to the pitied both man and beast, but admired the walk
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . melee. One attempted tobe a peace-maker; but in arranging the articles of agree-ment he quarreled louder than all the others put togeth-er. When the storm of human passion had ceased, I in-formed the parties that nothing of the kind must occuragain; and they obeyed my instructions till the nextquarrel, which was longer and louder than the this war of words resulted to our advantage, forHadji Merridj walked faster by two miles to the pitied both man and beast, but admired the walkingabilities of the Arab. The two men who led the Jcliaja-wall mules walked thirty miles a day for ten consecutivedays, with only an hours rest at noon, and were as vig- 14 ^10 THRONES AND PALACES OF oious and fresh at the end of the journey as at its com-mencement. Their food was rice, coarse bread, cucum-bers, and sour milk, without meat or strong drink. Theyforded rivers; they waded through marshes; they trav-eled through mud knee-deep, without a chill to shakethem or a fever to burn TOWN OP KIFKI. At 10 we crossed a dilapidated brick bridge over alarge stream, and soon the hills and domes of Kifri werein sight. At noon we entered the gates of the city, andfound, to our comfort, a two-storied coffee-house, of theupper story of which we took possession. It was thelaro-est and best constructed town we had seen thus faron our journey. Pleasantly located at the base of pict-uresque hills, it is inclosed by a mud-wall, which is sur- BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 211 mounted with a higli parapet, pierced with loop-holes formusketry. A stream of clean water runs through thevillage, which is distributed by small canals through thecentral parts of the town, contributing to the cleanlinessof the place and the comfort of the inhabitants. Withinthe walls were palm-groves and orchards of the sweet-lemon. The principal bazaar was in a brick arcade,wherein oranges, lemons, dates, aprico
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