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THE AMERICAN BEL-KEEPER. 



average surplus per hive, but believes 

 he was humbugged. He is almost 

 too cautious, suspicious, and mistrust- 

 ing of his fellow-creatures. What 

 would he say if he could read reports 

 like friend Osborn's from Cuba; or 

 friend King's from Phoenix, Arizona? 

 I wonder, too, why American bee- 

 keepers have not established them- 

 selves in such a paradise. Why ! we 

 over here have none of the advantages 

 of Arizona nor what Mr. King calls 

 Cuba's disadvantages, excepting the 

 great heat. But here, besides the 

 duty on bees and honey, the poor 

 help we have to put up with, and the 

 poor market we have to seek in Eu- 

 rope and Africa, we have no forests 

 to give us shade, but plenty of un- 

 healthy districts. 



Cyprus, being a little out of the way, 

 steamers only occasionally touch here; 

 and having no time to spare, and still 

 here, I got into a sailing vessel about 

 to leave Syria, but the wind being 

 calm we lay in the road till night. 

 After 24 hours of slow sailing we were 

 still in sight of Mt. Troodos, and could 

 dream of "the beautiful Cyprus," and 

 think 



What dreams of Old- World tales flit o'er thy brow, 

 Troodos, in thy calm rest today? 



Vain visions of the future of the isle thou guardest 

 in thy lofty majesty? 



But next morning, 86 hours after we 

 left, our vessel was being idly thrown 

 about by the waves, without proceed- 

 ing, from morning till night. The loose 

 masts were squeaking as if to tease us 

 and try our patience. The next morn- 

 ing a fine breeze filled the sails and 

 speedily drove us forward. Just before 

 night we could distinguish, many miles 

 away, Mt. Lebanon. 



How glad I was to leave the poor 

 little vessel, in which my "first-class 

 berth " was bare planks, after having 

 been tossed about three days and three 

 nights ! I fancied the town of Bey- 

 routh could not stand still. — Ph. J. 

 Baklensperger, in Gleanings. 



Jaffa, Syria, Oct. 1. 



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