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Title: A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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assembled, and were in dueform presented, and there were coffee and cigars. More thanall, there were horses—for the General the Pachas own whitesteed, in housings of gold. It was well that this courtesy hadbeen prompted, for the bridge over the brook was gone, and ourcarts would have made a sorry crossing. We set out, the Gen-eral thinking no doubt that his campaign to enter Jerusalem at fivehad been frustrated by an enemy upon whom we had not counted.We trailed up the winding ways of the hill. The valley passesaway. We ride about a mile through a suburb, the highwaylined with people. The General passes on with bared head, foron both sides the assembled multitude do him honor. We seethrough the mist a mass of domes and towers, and the heartbeats quickly, for we know they are the domes and towers ofJerusalem. There are ranks of soldiers drawn in line, the sol-diers presenting arms, the band playing, the colors falling. Wepass through a narrow gate, the gate that Tancred forced with m
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(365) 366 AROUND THE WORLD. his crusaders. We pass under the walls of the tower of David,and the flag that floats from the pole on the consulate tells us thatour journey is at an end and that we are within the walls ofJerusalem. We were taken to a small hotel—the only one of any valuein the town. As I lean over the balcony I look out upon an openstreet or market place where Arabs are selling fruits and grain,and heavy-laden peasants are bearing skins filled with water andwine. The market place swarms with Jews, Arabs, Moslems,Christians. Horsemen are prancing about, while the comelyyoung officer in command sits waiting, calmly smoking his cigar-ette. A group of beggars, with petitions in their hands, crowdthe door of the hotel, waiting the coming of the man who, havingruled forty millions of people, can, they believe, by a wave of thehand, alleviate their woes. General Grant reached Jerusalem on Monday, February nth,and remained there until the following Saturday, visiting the vari-

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