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LIFE IN A CONVENT.
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enough for all, each claims a share. We left it to the sheikh and the dragoman to settle it between them. At length all was arranged. Our friend, the Econome, came down into the yard to see us mount, giving us each a little cup of manna as a token of his regard; the Archimandrite was there also to bid us farewell; while the Archbishop of Gaza, taking his morning walk on the roof, looked down benignantly, and wished us a pleasant journey. Then at the word of command the camels rose up with their burdens, and amid a general waving of hands and mutual good wishes, we filed slowly out of the arched gate of the Convent of Mount Sinai, and turned our faces towards Jerusalem.
