APPENDIX. A. Page 3. I AM anxious to bear witness to the great merit of this person, Assaad. He was to us a perfect treasure. His great activity, his never-failing good humour, his extreme anxiety that everything should be comfortable to us, and the exceeding pains he took to accomplish it, must ever be remembered by us all with gratitude. His knowledge of the country, his very superior education, and his deep religious feeling, made him as improving a companion to us as he was an agreeable one; and I am satisfied, that by his means we saw the country, and were made acquainted with its manners and condition, much more thoroughly and advantageously than we could possibly have done had any other person been our guide. I have been requested by persons interested in the welfare of Syria, to state that Assaad is, at this time, employed by a Committee of Gentlemen in London, having for their object the introduction of Christian Education into that country, and that he is mainly supported by funds raised for this purpose. I need scarcely add, that he appears to me to be eminently qualified for carrying into effect this benevolent object*. *Communications on this subject may be addressed to the Secretary, Rev. W. Niven, 13, William Street, Lowndes Square, Chelsea. B. Page 41. VERSES ON ELISHA'S SPRING. How thick the fig-tree's foliage weeps How pure yon planets gleam! Pause, Arab, pause, our pilgrim train He wheeled, he charged, for many a mile, E'en hot pursuit, or hastier flight, That stream might lure to taste, Not always thus. That stream for years, Ran like repentant nature's tears, In bitterness and brine. Our Arab escort amused themselves by careering about upon their horses, and skirmishing in a very picturesque manner. + The Arabic name for Jericho. |