At sunrise the shades of night are changed into the blaze of day as suddenly as the daylight vanishes into night.
Our supper consisted of rather a smoky pilau, which we nevertheless relished exceedingly; for people who have eaten nothing throughout the day but a couple of hard-boiled eggs are seldom fastidious about their fare at night.

Besides, we had now beautiful fresh water from the spring, and cucumbers in abundance, though without vinegar or oil.

But to what purpose would the unnatural mixture have been?
Whoever wishes to travel should first strive to disencumber himself of what is artificial, and then he will get on capitally.

The ground was our bed, and the dark blue ether, with its myriads of stars, our canopy.

On this journey we had not taken a tent with us.
The aspect of the heavens is most beautiful here in Syria.