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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
remain in their places, all joining, however, in a wild succession of yells, through which are
caught from time to time, strangely, almost affectingly, mingled, the chants of the procession—
the solemn chants of the Church of Basil and Chrysostom mingled with the yells of savages.
Thrice the procession passes round ; at the third time the two lines of Turkish soldiers join
THE HOUSES OF THE RICH AND POOR MAN, DIVES AND LAZARUS.
This is the most picturesque group of buildings in the Via Dolorosa. In the foreground are a Bedouin mounted on a camel laden with
forage, and an Ashkenazi Jew conversing with a water-seller.
and fall in behind. One great movement sways the multitude from side to side. The crisis
of the day is now approaching. The presence of the Turks is believed to prevent the descent
of fire, and at this point it is that they are driven, or consent to be driven, out of the Church.
In a moment the confusion as of a battle and a victory pervades the Church. In every
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
remain in their places, all joining, however, in a wild succession of yells, through which are
caught from time to time, strangely, almost affectingly, mingled, the chants of the procession—
the solemn chants of the Church of Basil and Chrysostom mingled with the yells of savages.
Thrice the procession passes round ; at the third time the two lines of Turkish soldiers join
THE HOUSES OF THE RICH AND POOR MAN, DIVES AND LAZARUS.
This is the most picturesque group of buildings in the Via Dolorosa. In the foreground are a Bedouin mounted on a camel laden with
forage, and an Ashkenazi Jew conversing with a water-seller.
and fall in behind. One great movement sways the multitude from side to side. The crisis
of the day is now approaching. The presence of the Turks is believed to prevent the descent
of fire, and at this point it is that they are driven, or consent to be driven, out of the Church.
In a moment the confusion as of a battle and a victory pervades the Church. In every