. Programme . of beings more than human; and every chamber of the greatwilderness which, with little interruption, stretches from theEuphrates to the western shores of Africa, has its own peculiarterrors both as to sights and sounds. In the wilderness of Zin,between Palestine and the Ked Sea, a section of the desert wellknown in these days to our own countrymen, bells are heard dailypealing for matins or for vespers from some phantom convent thatno search of Christian or of Bedouin Arab has ever been able todiscover. These bells have sounded since the Crusades. Othersounds—trumpets, the Alala
. Programme . of beings more than human; and every chamber of the greatwilderness which, with little interruption, stretches from theEuphrates to the western shores of Africa, has its own peculiarterrors both as to sights and sounds. In the wilderness of Zin,between Palestine and the Ked Sea, a section of the desert wellknown in these days to our own countrymen, bells are heard dailypealing for matins or for vespers from some phantom convent thatno search of Christian or of Bedouin Arab has ever been able todiscover. These bells have sounded since the Crusades. Othersounds—trumpets, the Alala of armies, etc.—are heard in otherregions of the desert. And De Quincey quotes from Marco Polo,who speaks of Eastern or Tartar deserts: If, during the daytime,any person should remain behind until the caravan is no longer insight, he hears himself unexpectedly called to by name, and in avoice with which he is familiar. Not doubting that the voice pro- TELEPHONE. MAIN 4335 101 TREMONT STREETROOM 211. BOSTON. 32
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