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Mica iE a + ney A a , i * aT . { j fi d L fy ‘ . ae ot ' fan aod “the March from where , skin-divers bitomed boat fish swim’ “y ‘ A a FRIES. aller places where om dance al) ‘ported spirits are pensive—a Becotch or Pp COSLS About lds. @ p. but in a restaurant can buy a bottle of Ly excellent loca} e for about Ils, Hie city is also the ting pace for ex. slona if you stay at prby modern coast orts like Herzlla and ‘hanya —only 4 6d. bus-ride aWaAy. om Tel Avly you bus journey t of Ha ‘ seen at ni my heights of Pm, 45 miles away, for §s. im, Or make which casts just over £3. ut whether Aiised exe med bus and tr a belf-drive car for (petrol is Ss. 10d. @ gallon) wit me routes to the Holy Land 'y delightful, . oan take ong the coast d to the Magnificently sited ifa—a beautiful place ht from ithe ount Carmel, 1 can take the train to Jeru- & coach trip to rareth and Galilee, a guided ou travel on ona, use low. Bin services or {ust £2 10a a day plus 7d. «9 find the countryside on . There are and temples, lush green valleys, orange and lemon groves and great pine forests, vast rolling Plains and majestle mountains and by the sea stretches of sand where even in the helght of the season you can find solitude, SINGING You can fisn from the Mediterranean shore and from rowing boats on the Alexander river near Nathanya where you will be charged a rental of about 30s. for a half-day. In the Holy Gand ftself z found the Israels determined to ensure that the shrines of colourful old forte | i Christian and Moslem alike retain their old atmosphere and are not harmed. The air in Jerusalem was filled with sing- ing and chanting from the Walling Wall The bells of the church in the Garden of Gethsemane rang out amid the trees and the sun glowed on the De gaificent Moslem Dome of the . 1 visited the Help Sepulchre - and passed from its softly lit interior into three miles of garish, noisy bnzaar_ streets where you can buy al! the sweet. meats and Jewellery of the East, I climbed Mount Scopus, for a splendid view of the city and aw domes and palaces riging mivUve IONACL MAD BEEN Al WAR foe. tion, solitude, The golden sands of Nathanya, where the Medi. terrancan sweeps gonttly In, ee from amid cypress grovee and, - beyond the graceful, castellated ls of the old cily, the fine modern -butldinga of new Jerusalem standing out in contras. And {ooking away over the roHing hilis I could see the waters of the Dead Sea and in the far distance the great mountains of Moab, In the grotto at Bethlehem Prancistan monks were holding & service by the light of flicker. ing candles, and the Shepherds’ Fields were pracetul under the suL From h on the green hillside overlooking Nazareth I heard bells ring out for evening service. . "CASTING NETS < ’ But ‘nothing 1 saw in the Holy Land made a deeper impression on me than the Sea of Galilee, surely one of the lovellest places on earth. the pretty itttie iberias set amid I took a 12s, 6d, motor-boat trip across the calm waters to the mouth of the River Jordan. Fishermen were castin their nets as they did in St. Peter's day, and after the sun had slid behind the green hills they Ht tiny Paraffin flares, making the watera alive with filckering lights It was an enchanting sight, For further information appi to: Israel Tourist oO ca, 59, St. James Street, Lo mt, Wu.