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Through the machinations of the Turks, whose policy is always to "divide and rule," the Maronites were continually fighting against the Druses. THROUGH THE MACHINATIONS OF THE TURKS WHOSE POLICY IS ALWAYS TO DIVIDE AND RULE THE MAREITES WERE CONTINUALLY FIGHTING AGAINST THE JEWSES
locusts had destroyed everything from as far south as the Egyptian desert to the Lebanon Mountains on the north; but the locust was not the only, nor the worst, plague that the people had to complain of. The plundering under the name of "military requisitions," the despotic rule of the army officers, and the general insecurity were even more desolating. As I proceeded on my journey northward, I hoped to find consolation and brighter prospects in the independent province of the Lebanon. Few Americans know just what the Lebanon is. From the repeated allusions in the Bible most people imagine it to be nothing but a mountain. The truth is that a beautiful province of about four thousand square miles bears that name. The population of the Lebanon consists of a Christian sect called Maronites and the Druses, the latter a people with a secret religion the esoteric teachings of which are known only to the initiated, and never divulged to outsiders. Both these peoples are sturdy, handsome folk.  ON EVERYWHERE THE LOCUSTS HAD DESTROYED EVERYTHING FROM AS FAR SOUTH AS THE EGYPTIAN DESERT TO THE LEBANON MOUNTAINS ON THE NORTH BUT THE LOCUST WAS NOT THE ONLY NOR THE WORST PLAGUE THAT THE PEOPLE HAD TO COMPLAIN OF THE PLUNDERING UNDER THE NAME OF MILITARY REQUISITIONS THE DESPOTIC RULE OF THE ARMY OFFICERS AND THE GENERAL INSECURITY WERE EVEN MORE DESOLATING AS I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY NORTHWARD I HOPED TO FIND CONSOLATION AND BRIGHTER PROSPECTS IN THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE OF THE LEBANON FEW AMERICANS KNOW JUST WHAT THE LEBANON IS FROM THE REPEATED ALLUSIONS IN THE BIBLE MOST PEOPLE IMAGINE IT TO BE NOTHING BUT A MOUNTAIN THE TRUTH IS THAT A BEAUTIFUL PROVINCE OF ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE MILES BEARS THAT NAME THE POPULATION OF THE LEBANON CONSISTS OF A CHRISTIAN SECT CALLED MARINITES AND THE DRUSES THE LATTER A PEOPLE WITH A SECRET RELIGION THE ESOTERIC TEACHINGS OF WHICH ARE KNOWN ONLY TO THE INITIATED AND NEVER DIVULGED TO OUTSIDERS BOTH THESE PEOPLES ARE STURDY HANDSOME FOLK
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