. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . irely agreeing with whathe said, refused to purchase some heads whichwere offered to me. We even declined one which waspressed upon us by an emissary, sent by himself atnight, with a message that of course the governorwould not expect any present in return ; the meaningof which we took to be that the return present must besomething valuable. But our virtue was not of muchavail, as we afterwards found that our men (all exceptthe faithful George, who obeyed orders) had providedthemselves with busts of dec
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . irely agreeing with whathe said, refused to purchase some heads whichwere offered to me. We even declined one which waspressed upon us by an emissary, sent by himself atnight, with a message that of course the governorwould not expect any present in return ; the meaningof which we took to be that the return present must besomething valuable. But our virtue was not of muchavail, as we afterwards found that our men (all exceptthe faithful George, who obeyed orders) had providedthemselves with busts of deceased citizens of Palmyra. We took some photographs here, and at other placeson our journey. But from want of experience, and from DESTRUCTION OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHS. 157 difficulties arising from accidents to the apparatus, someof those preserved did not turn out very well; whilst manywere spoilt by the curiosity of an amiable little Turkishsoldier who went about with us at Palmyra, and openedthe box to see what was inside. As it contained a rollof Eastmans paper the result was COLUMN, PALMYRA. LAST VIEW OF PALMYRA. CHAPTER VII. THE RETURN JOURNEY. Be thy intents wicked or charitable,Thou comst in such a questionable shapeThat I will speak to thee. Hamlet. AFTER three days stay in Palmyra the heat droveus away. It was most exhausting and over-powering, the Khampseen wind still prevailing ;and although we had intended to remain for a week,we felt that we could not bear it longer. It was,however, with a sad heart that we paused at the gorgein the hills to take one last look back upon nature is as beautiful as art, and when the greatruins were lost to sight we saw a different sight whichcompensated us for what was gone. At that momenta very large troop of camels, said to number with theirlittle ones seven hundred, were coming into the placefrom the desert. They belonged to Sheik Nasrs tribe,and he rode off to see them, and to fall upon the necksof his brethre
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