Excerpt from Recollections of Travels in the East: Forming a Continuation of the Letter From the East

Hour ¿ed after hour, and as often as we look ed forth into the weather, the sky was covered with clouds and the rain fell in torrents, We heard its ceaseless and dull fall with little emo tion, for though it was absolutely necessary we should push on in the course of the day, we saw no reason for peevish and fretful impatience a feeling that was no stranger to our minds in some situations. Often was our fire reple nished, as well as our chibouque, and our servants grew sadly impatient, but it was use. Less. The occasional footfall of passengers, and the confusion of tongues, were heard on the pave.

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