THE CHARM OF GARDENS 



Palm trees there growing — " the which Moses found 

 with the children of Israel." 



Then he comes by -Mount Sinai, and there he finds the 

 convent by the spot where was the burning bush ; and 

 the Church of Saint Catherine is there — " in the which 

 be many lamps burning ; for they have of oil of Olives 

 enough, both to burn in their lamps and to eat also. 

 And that plenty they have by the miracle of God ; for the 

 raven and the crows and the choughs and other fowls of 

 the country assemble them there every year once, and fly 

 thither as in pilgrimage ; and everych of them bringetb a 

 branch of the Bays or of the Olive in their beaks instead 

 of offering, and leave them there ; of which the monks 

 make great plenty of oil. And this is a great marvel." 



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