THE LANDS OF THE SARACEN.
CHAPTER I.
LIFE IN A SYRIAN QUARANTINE.
Voyage from Alexandria to Beyrout — Landing at Quarantine — The Guardiano — Our Quarters — Our Companions — Famine and Feasting — The Morning — The Holy Man of Timbuctoo — Sunday in Quarantine — Islamism — "We are Registered — Love through a Grating — Trumpets — The Mystery Explained — Delights of Quarantine — Oriental vs, American Exaggeration — A Discussion of Politics — Our Release — Beyrout — Preparations for the Pilgrimage.
"The mountains look on Quarantine,
And Quarantine looks on the sea."
Quarantine MS.
| In Quarantine, Beyrout, | |
| Saturday, April 17, 1852. |
Everybody has heard of Quarantine, but in our favored country there are many untravelled persons who do not precisely know what it is, and who no doubt wonder why it should be such a bugbear to travellers in the Orient. I confess I am still somewhat in the same predicament myself, although I have already been twenty-four hours in Quarantine. But, as a peculiarity of the place is, that one can do nothing, however good a will he has, I propose to set down my experiences each day, hoping that I and my readers may obtain
