MY HOME IN PALESTINE. 



BY LAURENCE OLIPHANT. 



[MAGA. FEBRUARY 1883.] 



HAIFA, PALESTINE, 1st January. 



IT is only to be expected that, as facilities of loco- 

 motion increase, and knowledge extends, the 

 growing requirements of a civilisation for new 

 summer and winter resorts should be met by the 

 discovery of localities expressly adapted for the pur- 

 pose. Thus, within the last few years, we have seen 

 the Engadine created into a summer sanitarium ; and 

 the popularity of Egypt as a winter residence has 

 been steadily growing, and has probably only received 

 a temporary check owing to existing political events. 

 In consequence, no doubt, of the greater numbers in 

 quest of health and rest during the summer, and of 

 the ease with which pleasant spots for the purpose 

 of a villegiatura may be discovered, they exist in 

 almost infinite variety, and people may safely be 



