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FLOWER
beach, on our way towards Beyroot, I turned and
enjoyed a fine view of the, town we were leaving,
perhaps the best that is to be had of it from any
point. To the north of Saida there is a fortress in
the sea, erected to defend the harbor, and connected,
with the land by a bridge of several arches. This
town, like Soor, stands on a point of land projecting
into the sea, and may be seen from the sea-shore
for a great distance.
During the forenoon we crossed several fine
streams, the banks of one of which were lined for
near half a mile with oleanders, in the most brilliant
and luxuriant bloom. Some of the bunches or
clumps were six or seven feet high, and so thickly
covered with flowers, as at a distance to resemble
a flame of fire. I had already seen the same plant
growing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee; and the
day previous, between Soor and Saida, I had ob-
served it in great abundance along the banks of
nearly all the streams. In one place, I remember
particularly, a tract of an acre or more was almost
entirely covered with it; but the present display
surpassed in magnificence all that I had seen before.
Throughout our journey in Palestine, it was very
interesting to me to observe growing wild, in a thou-
sand places, so many flowers and plants, which in
FLOWER
beach, on our way towards Beyroot, I turned and
enjoyed a fine view of the, town we were leaving,
perhaps the best that is to be had of it from any
point. To the north of Saida there is a fortress in
the sea, erected to defend the harbor, and connected,
with the land by a bridge of several arches. This
town, like Soor, stands on a point of land projecting
into the sea, and may be seen from the sea-shore
for a great distance.
During the forenoon we crossed several fine
streams, the banks of one of which were lined for
near half a mile with oleanders, in the most brilliant
and luxuriant bloom. Some of the bunches or
clumps were six or seven feet high, and so thickly
covered with flowers, as at a distance to resemble
a flame of fire. I had already seen the same plant
growing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee; and the
day previous, between Soor and Saida, I had ob-
served it in great abundance along the banks of
nearly all the streams. In one place, I remember
particularly, a tract of an acre or more was almost
entirely covered with it; but the present display
surpassed in magnificence all that I had seen before.
Throughout our journey in Palestine, it was very
interesting to me to observe growing wild, in a thou-
sand places, so many flowers and plants, which in