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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 229
men." I could not help admiring the apparent sincerity
with which he expressed himself, and acknowledged its force
by shutting up my umbrella till he had got out of sight.
In an hour and a half I found myself at Eddin, where I
saw some attempts at Italian architecture. The top of the
hill, on which the palace stood, had been levelled to form a
square; at each corner rose an oblong pavilion. The north
and east were connected by a range of buildings ; a wall
formed the west front: the entrance gate was in the south.
Under the west side were the stables of the emir, where he
had about fifty horses. In the centre of the square was a
fountain, whence water was carried by pipes to different
parts of the building, and to which an aqueduct conducted
a stream from a source at the distance of upwards of twenty
miles. Beneath the walls of the square were terraced gar-
dens, still in an unfinished state.
My arrival at Eddin was announced to the emir, and,
after a long delay, which I passed amongst the officers,
whose richness of apparel attracted my attention, I was ad-
mitted into his presence. My two companions followed as
attendants; an officer of the emir led the way. The room in
which the emir received me was a spacious oblong, divided
into two compartments by a passage of five or six feet wide,
paved with marble, and sunk about a foot from the level of
the rest of the room. The door opened on this passage, a
men." I could not help admiring the apparent sincerity
with which he expressed himself, and acknowledged its force
by shutting up my umbrella till he had got out of sight.
In an hour and a half I found myself at Eddin, where I
saw some attempts at Italian architecture. The top of the
hill, on which the palace stood, had been levelled to form a
square; at each corner rose an oblong pavilion. The north
and east were connected by a range of buildings ; a wall
formed the west front: the entrance gate was in the south.
Under the west side were the stables of the emir, where he
had about fifty horses. In the centre of the square was a
fountain, whence water was carried by pipes to different
parts of the building, and to which an aqueduct conducted
a stream from a source at the distance of upwards of twenty
miles. Beneath the walls of the square were terraced gar-
dens, still in an unfinished state.
My arrival at Eddin was announced to the emir, and,
after a long delay, which I passed amongst the officers,
whose richness of apparel attracted my attention, I was ad-
mitted into his presence. My two companions followed as
attendants; an officer of the emir led the way. The room in
which the emir received me was a spacious oblong, divided
into two compartments by a passage of five or six feet wide,
paved with marble, and sunk about a foot from the level of
the rest of the room. The door opened on this passage, a