A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise (1907) (14598447999)

Identifier: triptoorientstor00jacorich (find matches)
Title: A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Jacob, Robert Urie
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston co
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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(19) 20 AfTRIP TO THE ORIENT. gorge penetrating from the ocean, and again a widepanorama of city, harbor, and ocean. Our return to the city was in a conveyance indeedunique. The descent of the mountain in sleds from the
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HK >IJ;)K l> 1\\() iMlLK.s IN LKXc.TH. FUNCHAL. 21 summit to the city below, through narrow lanes pavedwith small stones worn and slippery from years ofservice, was an experience long to be remembered.Our sled, without any means of propulsion but our ownweight, glided rapidly down the hill over the smoothsurface of the pavement like a toboggan on an icy slide.It was controlled by two men, who, sometimes runningalongside, sometimes clinging to the runners, regulatedthe speed and guided the sled around corners by meansof ropes attached to its sides. That was a wild and exciting ride, exclaimed oneof the ladies who had been tightly holding to her seatduring the descent. What is the distance from thesummit ? The slide is about two miles in length, lady, repliedone of the conductors. Dont take our picture now with our hair flyingwildly, exclaimed an occupant of a sled just arriving,to a friend with a camera. Your request comes too late, he answered. Ihave pressed the button. I hope i