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Eight a street There's a Below— Ruth
ear ambles Weird stopped in front
along a Karachi of the Roman
street. Notice Fascination ruins in Baal-
the horses zSlbout bek, Syria, to
Above -a great
gate allows en- India say hello.
trance to the Left— Mourn-
ers and beggars
mosque in gather at the fa-
Damascus. mous IVaihng

IVall in Jeru-
salem.

({Karachi a JHodern Qty of the gar Sast

B y R U T H S T A L N A K E R M A R K L E Y , Nu Omicron

V ITRST glimpse of India was Bombay, a large modern city,

teeming with people both white and dark. There were street-

< '»rs and paved streets, but there were also bullock carts and horse-drawn

frr n a g f s ' t n e nor->es complete with funny little straw hats to protect them

m the 5Un While far up on a hill in the best residential district of

[ ° . -t

l £ l s i ' ^C , y t h e Towers of Silence where the Parsis expose
W e could

Weir dead to the wind, s u n - a n d vultures.

500 m ^ 6 P a C 6 d t h e d e c k o f t h e s m a I 1 s t e a m e r w h i c h was to t a k e us
miles up the coast, t r y i n g to find a cool spot, I was fascinated by