The great pyramid passages and chambers

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sightless eyes staring right ahead. We had several times observed him sitting, with some others, on the roadside outside the town. One of the hotel men cried out “ Imshi, Imshi” (‘Go away, Go away”), smiting his outstretched hand several times; and when he would not go, he caught his stick from him and struck him with it. The poor wretch shrank back, and began to cry. What pent-up feelings were in his breast! We gave the man something; but how powerless we felt to give him realaid! We could not but wish that the Great Physician had been there, and we rejoiced that the Times of Restitution are at hand.

359 We left Jaffa on Saturday <r at 2 p.m., and although the dis- wile 9 tance by rail is only 53 miles, our : train took four hours to climb the eb aa I : 2,600 feet to Jerusalem. From mesh the train we observed oxen, camels /- Mh ALL and donkeys treading the corn.

Truly, the East changes not; but A Jaffa Porter.

we are in the Dawn of the Mil-

lennium, and should expect progress now. Already modern sewing and knitting machines are in use in Jaffa and Jerusalem. The object of our dear Brother Cotton's visit is to float the Orient Commerce Co., with the view, among other things, of introducing modern machinery for farm work.

360 On nearing Jerusalem, the first object that attracted our attention was the new church erected by the German Emperor on Mount Zion. We could not, however, get a good view of the city from the train; the railway terminus lies about a mile outside, to the south-west—Plate LKXXV. It was not, therefore, until we had driven in a carriage for some distance over a very uneven road, that we got our first unobstructed view. This road skirts the western portion of the Valley of Hinnom. While our carriage was rushing, bumping down the hill, I tried my best to take a photograph of the city-wall, in order to record our first impression, but—! We did not take long to reach our hotel, which is situated immediately outside the wall in the modern European part, to the north-west of the city proper. After dinner we took a short walk up the Jaffa road in the moonlight, and then retired to rest inside our mosquito nets. During the night, Stanley was seized with dysentery, due to drinking the water or eating over-ripe fruit. His father and mother were up most of the night attending to him,

361 After breakfast, Mr. Jamal accompanied John, Jack and I to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, while Grace remained behind with Stanley. We entered the ancient city by way of the Jaffa gate, alongside of which is the wide breach in the city wall, made in honour of the German Emperor's visit to Jerusalem in October of 1898. This opening leads into David Street, the west end of which is wide and modern ; 1t permits

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