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150 TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
openty said to be that of Russia. I fear, however, that the
return of power to slaves, such as the Christians now are in
Sj^ria, would not render them more observant of the great
precept of our Saviour—charity. The spirit of revenge for
past injuries prevails among them ; but this is human nature.
On the 29th, I sat out for Jerusalem, with the same
equipage as on the preceding day, two hours after midnight;
having had coffee prepared for me by one of the monks, and
was provided with some refreshments for the journey. The
road lay, at first, through a lane of Indian fig-trees; when
Ave came to a plain, and descended gently into an open
country, where we were frequently met by peasants and
droves of camels. We enjoyed the light of a bright moon for
some time, which was succeeded by a fine twilight; and, as
the last star disappeared, the sun burst forth in full splen-
dour, attended by all the richest huds for which an oriental
sun-rise is celebrated. We arrived at the foot of the chain
of mountains in about two hours, which began at the village
of Latroun, round which were some mined walls. Here the
sides of the valleys were cultivated, after which the road gene-
rally lay through a thicket of high brush-wood of an aromatic
smell, and the sides of the valleys were of sandy rock Avith
horizontal strata. We had entered the Bab-el-Wad, the first
pass of the mountains, and arrived, in three hours, at the
village called Carriat-el-Aneb, better known by the name of
openty said to be that of Russia. I fear, however, that the
return of power to slaves, such as the Christians now are in
Sj^ria, would not render them more observant of the great
precept of our Saviour—charity. The spirit of revenge for
past injuries prevails among them ; but this is human nature.
On the 29th, I sat out for Jerusalem, with the same
equipage as on the preceding day, two hours after midnight;
having had coffee prepared for me by one of the monks, and
was provided with some refreshments for the journey. The
road lay, at first, through a lane of Indian fig-trees; when
Ave came to a plain, and descended gently into an open
country, where we were frequently met by peasants and
droves of camels. We enjoyed the light of a bright moon for
some time, which was succeeded by a fine twilight; and, as
the last star disappeared, the sun burst forth in full splen-
dour, attended by all the richest huds for which an oriental
sun-rise is celebrated. We arrived at the foot of the chain
of mountains in about two hours, which began at the village
of Latroun, round which were some mined walls. Here the
sides of the valleys were cultivated, after which the road gene-
rally lay through a thicket of high brush-wood of an aromatic
smell, and the sides of the valleys were of sandy rock Avith
horizontal strata. We had entered the Bab-el-Wad, the first
pass of the mountains, and arrived, in three hours, at the
village called Carriat-el-Aneb, better known by the name of