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I-y,A ——H0Jerusalem, May 1G, 1883.r-EdItor Restitution:blt;LSIn compliance with Mrs. Davis’ reit)-quest, I will write you, by way of introC1-duction, what we will style a “pickedasyup” letter. As I understand there aresiLSmany preparing to come here, I thinkart5-it probable many of your readers wouldTlike to know something about the jourarrsney, the best rout, etc.aiISWe came from N. Y. by the Bortr:odeaux Steamship Line to Bordeaux,mh1 France, and across that delightfulth11country of vineyards, flowers, old casP11-tles, and towns with narrow streets,fii:owith the ever prevailing smell of garlic;Mr.#by rail to Marseilles on the Mediteran-wisnean, 3500 miles from IS. Y. Thirdtlicclass, this far is $32. Then by thebtMesargeries Steamship Line to AlexL1-andria deck $1G, third class $25; deckisnis preferable considering price, accomotc1-dations, etc. Then to Joppa $4, deck.aiW :20 days from N. Y. to Joppa, the beauP!letiful shores of Judea. Here we werecla- :happily surprised when we were anchidleored in the harbor, at seing among thetiathost of upturned Arabic faces ankiseAmerican, Mr. R Floyd, who has been0lyin Palestine some seventeen years,most01v~of the time engaged as guidei,o tourists.e:P“I understand he has no equal in thisP1secountry, for he is a man well versedIIin the Word, oan explain all places oftck-interest in the languages of Europe,h(incan talk to the natives (and is welllcs.liked by them) with as great ease asitehe can to his own countrymen, andaiofthat too in a gentlemanly way. Partieswrsneeding anything iu his line would doMofwell to postpone arranging for thisEapart of their tour, till they arrive here,titsotherwise they are liable to be placedtlisin the hands of a native in the employCleof Cook Son, who will t-ake them theD0-rounds and show them nothing; thish
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Plymouth Restitution
Plymouth, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 20, 1883
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