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now by Christians. All told, how
ever, the citadel is a building of
enormous strength, with tine
drafted substructions, and has
several rooms and vaults still per
feet, even deserted as it has been
since the seventeenth century; and
is only to be entered by a steep
narrow path along the south side
of the castle. It is by far “the
most splendid fortification—mas
sive, extensive, aspiring, impreg
nable—I have seen in the East,” is
the verdict of Dr. M. D. Babcock
in his travels, confirmable by any
one who has visited the Orient.
Towards sunset there began to
gather premonitions of rain dur
ing the night; but we were willing
it should come after such a glori
ous day as we had spent; and it
did come down in earnest, and on
our getting up at five the next
morning it was still keeping up a
steady downpour, but what could
daunt such a determined set of
men and women as “the Damascus
Rough Riders?” They were out
on time and ready for business,
prepared for rain as well as sun
shine. Just so it is in daily life,
the character that can stand the
clouds and storms and battles of
life is the only one that is fully
prepared to get the most sunshine
out of and to put the most sun
shine into t'le world God has been
gracious enough to give it a place
in. All sunshine would 1 e as bad
as all darkness, all drought as bad
as all rain; man’s development de
pends very largely upon the varia
tion of the blessings and the tests
and the way in which they are met.
Let us not forget this helpful
truth. Wherever you are, be a
true man, a true woman, a true
child, a being after God’s own
heart, a Christian! Christ is the
only heart’s-ease, and His Spirit
the only soul-quickener; these are
sure prescriptions for a person’s
ills whether experienced in the
Holy Land or on unhallowed
ground. Try and see!
If one has on heavy woolen under
wear and outerwear and a light
weight Clovernette coat that will
turn the rain and not burden him
[or if it be a lady-then a light but
strong and long waterproof gar
ment], and a properly carried um
brella of medium size,he can travel
through this region during April
in a steady rain even on horseback
without much if any inconvenience
or ill effect. Thus it was with
each and all of us, unencumbered
Dy our baggage, which went on
ahead of us in our camp equip
ment carefully packed in water
proof coverings.’ There was so
much to smile and talk over, and
such varying of scenery, too, that
you scarcely thought of complain
ing though the rain kept up far in
to l he day.
From our broad terrace we de
scend the slope and wind about
the road and across the plain
through dense thickets of dwarf
oak, hawthorn, myrtle and olean
der, and about four miles of this
finally brings us to “the hill of Dan”
or, as, the Arabs term it, “Tell el
Kadi,” “Dan” and “Kadi” both
meaning the same, “Judge,” “Tell
el” being “hill of." This is nota
ble, and is the northern limit of
Palestine, Beersheba being the
southern limit; hence the Biblical
expression “From Dan to Beershe
ba,” indicating the limits of the
length of the country. It was at
first a Phoenician farming colony
and called “Lesem” or “Laish,”
but was captured by the Danites
band of 600 and designated “Dan,
and became a principal seat of
idolatry under Jeroboam [a golden
calf being set up], passing a: last
under the conquest of Syria with
other places. [See Jud. 18:1-29;
20-i;i Sam. 3:2052 Sam. 3:10:17:11;
l Kgs. 12:29-3.] From the west]
base of the hill springs an enor-1
mous stream of water called the
“I.adden” river [but a corruption
of the ancient Dan], the chief
source of the Jordan and said to be
“one ot the largest natural foun
tains in the world." and beyond
question the largest in Syria. After
going up on the summit of the hill
of Dan where the few remains to be
seen are found, as we went on our
way we could see a little over a
mile thence to the southwest the
ruined mound called Dufneh [and
by Josephus designated “Daphne”]
where stood the idolatrous shrine
or Jeroboam.
It was not a great while after
wards before we had the warming
and trying influences of the Syr
ian sun. We skirted the hill of
Dan and went forward toward the
brown hills of Naphtali, crossing
by an ancient-looking and some
what dilapidated rock bridge the
River Hasbany, another and the
longest of the four sources of the
Jordan’s supply. The other
source is the River Bareighit from
a source but little separated from
the Litany. We passed several
Bedouin villages in the lowland
and an unhealthy looking section
of the country, where abounded
fine cattle, great crops of oats and
barley, and rich promise of other
produce on strictly a plain, with
but little good drainage visible.
As we were riding along, after a
while just ahead of us wc noticed
the air apparently filled with butter
flies or small birds, as we thought;
but, on drawing nearer, loand be
hold, we were in the midst of my
riads of locusts | very much like
our large-sized grass-hoppers at
home]: the air was full, the ground
was full, before and behind
and on either side of us they lay or
flew in twos, this being their re
productive season. And when
ever they struck the green earth
they never left it until it was de
nuded of its emerald clothing. No
one can understand what a pleague
of locust means until they have
seen them in such veritable form
stripping the earth ot its verdue
as we did.
We lunched at noon in an am,
phitheatre-like depression near
large watering-place, called Ain el-
Belata: a fountain flowing from the
base of the mountain and dividing
into two sections, at one of which
the cattle in the neighborhood
came down to drink ere we took
up our journey again. One large
terebinth or oak tree furnished a
large protection from the sun after
lunch and under its shade many of
us rested on the rocks or blankets
an hour or more. Here we were
spectators of one piping on a reed
while another, a girl, danced, after
what some said was “the couchee-
couchee style,” the other native
youths and girls clapping their
hands in rhythmic accompaniment;
or back and forth in front of the
line of persons one would tramp
with monotonous chant,the others
responding in a one or two-meas
ured antiphonal strain at every
third or fourth measure. Some of
the women had their faces disfig
ured with dull blue and gray marks
somewhat like tattoo work. The
dance was anything but charming,
and the music anything but melo
dious, while thdre was a certain de
gree of strangeness about the whole
procedure. We turned off in dis
gust. Here we also got a glimpse
of a Turkish tax-gatherer; little
less than rogues are the whole lot
6f such, taking too largely of what
the natives have by threat if not
by force; the lands being farmed
out and farmed out to such a meas
ure from one set to another, and
the produce taxed, til! the people
have little left.
Our afternoon ride was much-
the same as the latter part of the
morning's, with some rough riding
and through marsh and flat mead
ow-land too, and we came early to
our tents by ‘Ain el Mellahah,
where was a Bedouin encampment
an old stone mill, close by Lake
Huleh, probably the Waters of
Merom, Josh. 11:5-7, with the
most malarial atmosphere notice
able in all our travels even before
night-fall. Climbing a mountain
side to the west, we had a fine
view. Our camp was pitched in
what looked like our American
poppies, only a shorter stem and
less in bulk of flower, but what was
realy “the lily of the valley,” in
glorious red vermillion hue.
This is close to Khurbet Harrah,
the probable site of ancient Hazor.
The Waters of Merom, the Lake
Samochonitis of Josephus, is about
four miles long - by 3 1 2 wide,
is nearly wholly encompassed by
swamps and jungle, papyrus reeds
growing here in abundance, and
water-fowl being seen in great
numbers. In this plain and lake
gather the several streams already
spoken of; and “from the lower
end of the lake, the Jordan enters
the Great Rift below the level of
the sea. It descends a narrow
gorge in one almost continuous
cascade, falling 680 feet in less
than nine miles, and then through
delta of its own deposits
glides quietly into the Lake of
Galilee. Six miles a,bove the lake
it is crossed by the Bridge of thfe
Daughters of Jacob, on the high
road between Damascus and Gali-
leej”
Truly we are upon historic soil.
[To oe continued. I
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How To Plod Out.
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a sediment or set-
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