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402 AEOUNlf THE WORLD.
depends altogether upon tourists. Bating the beggars, and
the to-be-expected fleecing of travelers, the average hotel
charges are much cheaper in some parts of Europe, and
equally as cheap in Asia, as America.
SmSTEISE ABOU]!TD THE WORLD.
It is no marvel that sun-worship was once common in the
East, nor that modern Parsees look upon the sun as the symbol
of universal light, the divine Intelligence of the universe.
How true that, in the modified language of another,
the " morning dawns on the
isles of the Pacific, where the
palm-grove, the coral-reef, and the lagoon are to be seen.
Westward it moves, irradiating at once Australia and Japan,
the gold-diggings of the Briton, and the summer gardens of
the Tycoon. Next Java seas and Chinese waters reflect
the morn ; the one studded with spicy isles, the other teeming
with ships of antique form. On it goes, lighting up the
populous cities of China, the shrines of Siam, and the temples
of Burmah, until the tops of the Himalayas reflect the
first rays of coming day. Brighter grows the light upon its
lasting snows, and wide it spreads on either hand, o'er
ocean's waves and Tartar land,
' O'er many an ancient river,
O'er many a palmy plain,'
until jungle and city, deep defile and Hindoo temple, are
flooded with the light of day. Onward still it moves, over
Afghanistan and Persia, until the snows of Ararat are suffused
with a crimson glow. Brighter grows the light, until
surrounding seas reflect the day, until the camel's shadow is
projected on the sand, and the mosque and the minaret are
revealed on Zion's Hill. Onward still it advances in ceaseless
march, illumining the classic shores of the Mediterranean,
and spreading far away to Caffre hut and Lapland
burrow ; embracing at once Zambesi and Nile valleys, Grecian
isles, and Russian steppes. At length the Alps are all