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Show RO.\D TO J F: Rl C IIO Upon entering the car in which we were to ride, \\ e discovered that every scat was occupied. This fact furnished us an opportunity to let off some accumulated complaints until our Guide informed us that some vacant eats might he found in another sect ion . \\'e entered, but were to ld by some .American women that tho e eat-> belonged to their friends. 11elieving that fin ding was keeping, we took po. se. ion. The ride irom Samakh to Damascus was indeed enjoyed, because of the constant change of . cenery, and s low because of the size of the locomotin·; but s ix-t hirty o'clock brought us to our des ired destination-Damascus. Thi" ci ty is genuinely Oriental. It s people and bu. iness and costumes cau. e one to know that he is surrounded by Oriental life. l I ere i. a population of about 190,000, of whom one-half are l\lo . lems. Therefore, like Cairo, this i a city oi ).losqucs, and there arc 2-1-8 such building here. The largest :\Josque i. called "Omayyacle," and besides being large and well preserved, it contains . ome of the most gorgeous windows to be found in the world. Dam~scus is naturally a business center. Every industry, or busines. , or proicssion occupies a certain locality. The Dazaar of the c.;o!dsmith, the l1azaar oi the Coppersmith, the .' ilk Bazaar, the ~ loth Bazaar, etc.; and a walk through these l~azaars is most fascinating because of the manner in which goods are displayed, the s ize of the shops, the zeal of the tradesmen, the Oricntalism e\'erywhere manifest. and the "bargains" offeree!. But Damascus is otherwise interesting to the Christian. It was ncar this city that Saul of Tarsus was stricken, while on his way to persecute the Christians. J I ere it was that Judas lived in the. treet which Page Sevcnty-.,cvcn |