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into Seti's. Down through the alleyways and rooms leading into
the heart of the town were pictures carved out of the stone de-
picting the life of the king buried there. The colors of 3000
years ago were still bright upon the walls.

Coming back through Cairo we entrained to Port Said where
we took the ship to Haifi. A n inland trip to Jerusalem and
Bethlehem was very interesting. The streets of old Jerusalem
are so narrow that one must either travel by foot or on little
burrows. Each stone in the street is individual and after a couple
of days traveling one's shoes are worn out. Jerusalem is a
hotbed of warring religious factions, Mohammedans, Jews, A r -
menians, Greeks, all clamoring to own the places where Christ is
supposed to have been. Even in the Church of Nativity in Beth-
lehem which is erected over Christ's supposed birthplace, sits an
armed guard day and night to keep the different faiths f r o m fight-
ing and destroying the place.

W e struck Greece, too, in rather a war-like time. The last
day we were in Athens, the first of May, the Monarchists opened
fire on the presidential military parade, killing eight of the cavalry.
W e saw the soldiers lined up in the square just as the trouble
started and at the first signs our chauffeur rushed us back to
the pier and we sailed f o r Italy.

A t Naples, my friend and I left the cruise and spent almost
six weeks in Europe, visiting Naples, Sorento, Rome, Florence,
Pisa, Venice, an enchanting city. Milan, then up through the
Italian lakes and into Switzerland, spending a short time at
Lugaro and beautiful Lucerne. A t Lucerne we took a cog wheel
railway up Mount Phatus where we had a magnificent view of
the Alps. Then from Switzerland into Paris. From Paris to
London we flew in one of the big Royal Mail planes, being up in
the air two and one-half hours. I n London we did all the delight-
f u l stunts such as attending the Dipping of the Colors at the
King's birthday celebration and taking tea on the terrace of the
House of Parliament with one of its members, a day at the British
Empire Exposition at Wembley which was a delightful review
of our trip, another clay to the famous race course at Epsom
Downs where we saw the Derby run. another day at Windsor
and Eton, but you know what one does in England, and then back
to America on the Acquitania.