[A Visit to the Holy Land by Ida Pfeiffer]@TWC D-Link bookA Visit to the Holy Land CHAPTER X 14/30
Neither the exterior of this building, nor the cursory glance I was enabled to throw into the interior, excited either my curiosity or my astonishment.
Seen from without, these baths resemble a small-sized house built in a very mediocre style, and with very slender claims to beauty.
The interior displayed a large quantity of marble,--for instance, in the floor, the sides of the bath, etc.
But marble is not such a rarity in this country that it can raise this bathing-kiosk into a wonder- building, or render it worthy of more than a passing glance.
I endeavour to see every thing exactly as it stands before me, and to describe it in my simple diary without addition or ornament. At eight o'clock in the evening we returned tired and hungry to our comfortable quarters, flattering ourselves that we should find the plain supper we had ordered a few hours before smoking on the covered table, ready for our arrival.
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