. Arctic sunbeams: or, From Broadway to the Bosphorus, by way of the North Cape. one,the grave of Buckle ; another, the alleged scene ofPauls conversion ; and the third, the w^all wherehe was let down in a basket. We come out underone of the three portals, for the gate is three-fold, and find ourselves in the midst of a herd ofblack goats. Donkeys raise their dissonant musicin the narrow way. Out into the grassless cara-vansary we come. It is a sandy plain, where thereis a runlet of running water. There the camels,mules, and cattle congregate, after their journeysfrom Bagdad, with silks, dates
. Arctic sunbeams: or, From Broadway to the Bosphorus, by way of the North Cape. one,the grave of Buckle ; another, the alleged scene ofPauls conversion ; and the third, the w^all wherehe was let down in a basket. We come out underone of the three portals, for the gate is three-fold, and find ourselves in the midst of a herd ofblack goats. Donkeys raise their dissonant musicin the narrow way. Out into the grassless cara-vansary we come. It is a sandy plain, where thereis a runlet of running water. There the camels,mules, and cattle congregate, after their journeysfrom Bagdad, with silks, dates, and carpets. ItAvill accommodate four thousand camels. We per-ceive a hundred camels resting in the sun. As wepass they show their teeth, as if we were of theinfidel order. My wnfe never forgives this patientbeast since one of them ran away with her towardTimbuctoo, in Algiers, being frightened at herblack dress. However, they are not more dan-gerous than the donkey, and \ve move amid themto see the cemeteries which line the place. There is here a large mausoleum, where the. [fn?^^ WT^TSPIBHB
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