164 Til AVELS TO THE EAST. 
ters of the world. I Ihall not contradia their afTef' 
tions. This, and other inconvemencies, made tn 
lodging fo difagreeable, that I rather chofe 
mount my horfe, and travel all night on a fine an 
level road, croffed by feveral brooks and rivers, » 
I came to Seide in the morning. Nerium Oleand 
which I had not hitherto feen, began now to app e 
on the road between Zur and Seide. 
We came to Seide (Sidon) on the 1 4th. * 
gardens in this town are the molt remarkable tWb 
in it, and in thefe confift its riches; wherefore 
firft bufinefs was to fee them. They extend an 
tire French mile round the town, and contain iron 
^ranate-trees, Apricots, Figs, Almonds, Oranges,^- 
mens and Plums, in fuck quantities, that the town c * 
yearly furnilh other places with conuderable c • 
goes of thefe fruits; but the mod numerous, ano 
«Wch their riches chiefly confift are Mulbe 
trees, on which they feed an infinite number 
filk worms. Cordia Sebefien is a rare tie 
Egypt, grows wild in Falseiline, is not feen m { 
tolia, but is fo common in the gardens of Seide, j 
the bird-lime, which is made of its fruit, « o* 1 
the principal articles of trade in tlm town. Rhus 
mach,and a three -1 caved Bramble (Rubus) grew ‘P j, 
taneoufiy here. No vine grows near Seide; but ;jj} 
produced in confiderable quantities on the moun „ 
of Antiliban and Cafchevan. Some authors j 
the Tamarind amongfl the trees of Seide, u 5 
know not what tree they miltook for it, as it g 
not near this place, and not w, d even inEgyT^t 
The 1 6th, we law the Sepulchres of the a* ^ 
Kings of Syria, which are at a final! diftaace . 
the town. They are cut out m a hmeftone ^ 
tain, and have their apertures level with the ^ 
which in moll is fo large, that one may enter ^ 
