This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... and guttering under a mid-day sun. A stout priest, constantly fanned by an attendant, was performing what seemed high mass; the clever ecclesiastic was kneeling at the distance of about a yard; and the Scottish marquis, bareheaded, was also kneeling a good way further back. A little Arab boy, moved apparently ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... and guttering under a mid-day sun. A stout priest, constantly fanned by an attendant, was performing what seemed high mass; the clever ecclesiastic was kneeling at the distance of about a yard; and the Scottish marquis, bareheaded, was also kneeling a good way further back. A little Arab boy, moved apparently by pity, tore down a branch from a neighbouring tamarisk-tree, and began to fan away the mosquitoes from the exposed head of the young peer. We turned away with pity of another kind. This part of the Jordan is the scene of the annual immersions of pilgrims from all parts of the world, and the traditional spot where John the Baptist performed his baptisms. A 190 THE RIVFR IN FLOOD. considerable stretch of the river is visible from one point; and the wild laurel, the arbutus, the pistachio, the willow, the aspen, and the tamarisk, form a richly variegated fringe to its banks, and a most welcome protection from the sun's rays, which, without them, would be almost intolerable. We confess ourselves unable to join with those who have recorded their first impressions of this sacred stream in words of disappointment and strong depreciation. We afterwards came upon the river at points in its upper course; and there, flowing with moderate current and over a rocky bottom, it reminded us, even in its music, of one of our own Scottish streams. We have seen a painter seize upon something much less promising at home, and call it picturesque. But where we now stood, the river was a hundred feet broad, and ten feet deep almost from its brink; and, rushing and swirling on with irresistible speed, it gave us the impression of grandeur and might. The last epithet we should have thought of applying to it was that of " insignificant." One strong Arab, having...
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Seller's Description:
A. D. F. Randolph, New York, No date. Good., Hardcover, Small octavo, Original brown cloth with gold and black embossed decorations. No date, circa 1880. Church stamp on front flyleaf. Frontis illustration. Scattered foxing. B&w illustrations of scenes from the Holy Land. One signature loosening. Top edge soiled. Bottom of spine frayed. Packed and shipped with care.
