A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel

Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel,
by S. G. Bayne

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Title: A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
Author: S. G. Bayne
Release Date: July 22, 2007 [EBook #22115]
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A FANTASY OF
MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL
BY
S. G. BAYNE

AUTHOR OF
"QUICKSTEPS THROUGH SCANDINAVIA" "ON AN IRISH
JAUNTING-CAR" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMIX

Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1909.

PLACES VISITED ON THIS CRUISE
AND DESCRIBED

WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
MADEIRA SPAIN CADIZ SEVILLE ALHAMBRA ALGIERS
MALTA GREECE TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE ASIA MINOR
SMYRNA HOLY LAND JERUSALEM RIVER JORDAN JERICHO
DEAD SEA EGYPT CAIRO THE NILE MESSINA NAPLES
POMPEII ROME VILLEFRANCHE NICE MONTE CARLO
ENGLAND

ILLUSTRATIONS
THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
FUNCHAL, THE LONG BRANCH OF MADEIRA; NICE BALMY
PLACE FOR A REST AFTER A PANIC. STEAMER LEAVES
LONDON TWICE A WEEK. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS BY
CABLE
THE PARTHENON, ATHENS, GREECE--THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE RUIN IN EXISTENCE
THE HISTORICAL PART OF ATHENS, GREECE--PANORAMA
OF THE GREAT RUINED GROUPS
CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GOLDEN HORN CROSSED BY
THE GALATA BRIDGE, WITH STAMBOUL IN THE
FOREGROUND. THE YOUNG TURKS PRESENTED THIS AS THE
FIRST SNAP OF THEIR OFFICIAL CAMERA. LATER THEY
"DEDICATED" THE BRIDGE BY HANGING THE FIRST BATCH
OF MURDERERS ON IT
THESE SANDOWS OF STAMBOUL ARE CONSIDERED A
HUSKY TRIO, EVEN IN THIS CITY OF STRONG MEN. IF THESE
KEGS ARE FILLED WITH SOUR MASH THEY'RE A MENACE
TO THE WHISKEY TRUST AND OUGHT TO BE TAXED
ACCORDINGLY

THE ABDICATION OF THE SULTAN, ABDUL HAMID II.--HIS
LAST RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS OF CONSTANTINOPLE
MEHEMET V., THE NEW SULTAN, AFTER THE INVESTITURE,
LEAVING THE MOSQUE
HANGING THREE LEADERS OF THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE
ON THE GALATA BRIDGE, CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 3, 1909
"THE MOOSKI," CAIRO. THERE ARE MILES OF STREETS IN
THIS ARTISTIC MARKET WHERE RUGS, TAPESTRIES, LACES,
AND ORIENTAL BRIC-A-BRAC MAY BE SECURED BY THE
ANXIOUS AT AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. EVERY MINUTE IS
A BARGAIN DAY
SAMPLES Of CONSTANTINOPLE'S BRAND OF "WHITE
WINGS." IT'S A SIGHT FOR GODS AND MEN TO SEE THESE
JOLLY DOGS GOBBLE THE TURKISH TIDBITS AFTER THE
SUN HAS SET
A CROWD AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE,
JERUSALEM, WAITING FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN. EACH
TRIBE IS IMPATIENT TO ENTER AND OCCUPY ITS OWN
SPACE
THIS IS QUEEN HATSHEPSET'S DE-AL-BAHARA TEMPLE AT
THEBES, ORNAMENTED WITH FINE GOLD. THE ORIGINAL
METHODS BY WHICH "HATTY" SWIPED THE MONEY TO
BUILD THIS TEMPLE LEAVE WALL STREET TIED TO THE
HITCHING POST AT THE SUB-TREASURY STEPS
OUR HOSPITABLE HOST AND HOSTESS IN THEIR SALON
WHERE THEY ENTERTAINED US AT JERUSALEM
THE MOSQUE OF OMAR, JERUSALEM--"THE FINEST
BUILDING IN THE EAST." THE TURKS AND MOHAMMEDANS
WASH THEIR FEET IN THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS HERE, BUT
THAT, OF COURSE, IS A MERE DETAIL. IT CLEARLY SHOWS,

HOWEVER, THE COURAGEOUS FREEDOM AND SANS SOUCI
OF THE PEOPLE
THE WAILING PLACE, JERUSALEM. THE LESS SAID ABOUT
THIS, THE BETTER
THE DEAD SEA WITH THE LONE FISHERMAN IN FRONT. HE
HAS JUST HEARD THAT THE FISH ARE NOT BITING AND IS
SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED IN CONSEQUENCE
RIVER JORDAN, WHERE WE CROSSED ON A FERRY-BOAT;
THE ONLY REASON FOR DOING IT WAS TO TRY A VOYAGE
WITHOUT STEWARDS' FEES
POOL OF SILOAM, JERUSALEM, HOLY LAND
VIRGIN'S FOUNTAIN, HOLY LAND
THE TOWER OF DAVID, JERUSALEM
THE SPHINX--THE GRAND OLD GIRL OF ALL SCULPTURE.
THE SUN'S KISS WAS THE ONLY ONE SHE EVER HAD. THE
QUEEN OF POST-CARDS, TO WHICH THE PYRAMID BEHIND
HER RUNS A CLOSE SECOND
RAMESES II
ARAB TYPES--CAMEL DRIVERS--SUNBURNT SNOWBALLS OF
THE NILE
"RAM" IN THE LIME-LIGHT, WITH THE INEVITABLE GOATEE.
THE ONLY WAY HE COULD TRIM IT WAS WITH A BLAST OF
DYNAMITE
OUR OWN NILE DONKEY, "BALLY-HOO-BEY." KNEW HIS
BUSINESS LIKE A BOOK, BUT OBJECTED TO THE TOD SLOAN
RIDE (SPOKEN OF IN THE TEXT)--A WILD WEST EFFORT IN
THE FAR EAST. ALI BABA, JR., IN THE SADDLE

TEMPLE OF LUXOR ON THE NILE. "RAM" IS VERY MUCH IN
EVIDENCE, BUT ONLY A SMALL PART OF HIS SCULPTURAL
OUTPUT IS SEEN, AS THE STONE-CUTTERS' LIENS HAVE NOT
YET BEEN SATISFIED
ANOTHER PART OF KARNAK; ONLY ONE MAN ON THE JOB,
BUT HE IS QUITE EQUAL TO ALL ITS REQUIREMENTS AND
EMERGENCIES
PILLARS OF THOTHMES III, KARNAK, EGYPT, WITH TWO
YOUNG MEN ON