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Papa declared hi and exciting day's work; so it was decided that we should

put off till the morrow our ride to the Jordan and the Dead

Sea, and Mr Dinwiddie proposed to conduct me to Mount

Quarantania to see the her

there Of course they remain; for the walls of caves do not

crumble away; however, the staircases and rock hich led

to the upper ones have many of the the foot of thewater which brings the

outflow of another fountain to enrich a part of the plain It

was h

very wild and disorderly cultivation As ent, every spot

within sight was full of interest; rich with associations; the

air ared

blackbird - I don't know if I ought to call it a warble; it

was a very fine and strong note, or whistle, - sounding from

the rocks as ent by, thrilled me with a wild reminder of

all that had once been busy life there, where now the

blackbird's cry sounded alone The ruins of what had been, -

the blank, that was once so filled up, - the forlorn repose,

where the stir of the ages had been so restlessly active I

heard Mr Dinwiddie's talk as ent, he was telling and

explaining things to ht was too full

A good distance from home, that is, fro water the channel of which

we had followed up Hoild the source was too! No Saracenic