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Title: Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &c. from the best and most recent authorities
Year: 1844 (1840s)
Authors: Kelly, Walter Keating
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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safe and commodious one for vessels of all sizes, and thus tosupply the grand want of this coast—a harbour of refuge. The air of this region is very wholesome ; it is less confined than in someother parts of the coast—Tripoli for instance; for the mountains recedefurther from the sea, and towards thenorth the plain opens to a great extent.The water, however, is bad, and whilsteverything without the town is verdant,fragrant, and picturesque, all within itis disgustingly filthy. The ill-pavedstreets of the Greek quarter, in parti-cular, heaped with remains of deadanimals and with filth of every kind,exhale an intolerable stench. The Christians of Latakiah appear tobe of a very lively temperament, and arefond of meeting socially together in theevenings to amuse each other with con-versation and story-telling. The womenoften dance in the style (but withoutthe indecency) of the Egyptian almehs ;the men sing; and Karaguse, the Turk- =Lish Punch, exhibits his not very chasteperformances.
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Dancing Girl. Having seen our traveller thus far on his way northward, we will nowreturn to those we left at Eden. We shall overtake them at Bsherray, pre-paring to proceed towards the south. 1,32 SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND. CHAPTER XL Journey Southward, from the Cedars along the Heights of Lebanon.— The Metualis. Leaving Bsherray, the fleecy clouds that had been hovering all the dayon the heights of Lebanon began to sink lower and lower, and, as we* passedunder Mar Serkis, completely concealed one of the lofty crosses that rise onthe peaks of the mountain, while the other, encircled by them, appearedas if undergoing translation to heaven. We passed a bridge over theKadisha, at the head of the Wady, and then proceeded westwards along theopposite or southern bank. On the other side of the valley we saw animmense roofless cavern,—a ravine, in fact, in the process of formation, thetorrent not having completed the work of clearance. Between this and avast gorge, in which stood the villag

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