Fishermen’s Houses, Beyrout

‎Beyrout was celebrated in the third century as a seat of learning. Students flocked to her from all parts of the known world. It is said that Gregory Thaumacurgus even passed by Athens and Alexandria to study law at this place. It continued to be a seat of learning until the year 551 when the city was destroyed by an earthquake. It is now the most modern looking city in the East and contains a population of one hundred and ten thousand. The European appearance which Beyrout presents and its prosperity are entirely owing to the foreign influence. The principal article of export is raw silk, and Lebanon is in fact, becoming one vast mulberry plantation. Fishing has become one of its chief industries, and its bay is just such a harbor as fishermen appreciate and delight in. The fisheries are extensive and profitable. The Syrian Protestant College established many years ago by the Presbyterians, has been one of the most important factors in the prosperity of this Syrian city. Cultivated and earnest men have devoted themselves with marvelous diligence, ability, and fidelity to the work of educating the young Syrians, especially from the mountains of Lebanon, who have come to them. Teachers, ministers, businessmen, are now scattered all through Syria and Asia Minor, the products of this admirable institution of learning.

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