A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
                                            
                            By Ida Laura Pfeiffer
                            
                                27 Nov, 2018                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Far from desiring publicity, she merely kept a diary, in order to retain the recollections of her tour during her later life, and to impart to her nearest relatives the story of her fortunes.  Every evening, though often greatly exhausted with heat, 
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                                                Far from desiring publicity, she merely kept a diary, in order to retain the recollections of her tour during her later life, and to impart to her nearest relatives the story of her fortunes.  Every evening, though often greatly exhausted with heat, thirst, and the hardships of travel, she never failed to make notes in pencil of the occurrences of the day, frequently using a sand-mound or the back of a camel as a table, while the other members of the caravan lay stretched around her, completely tired out. Less