In London ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had an interview with a representative from the Weekly Budget

In London ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had an interview with a representative from the Weekly Budget. He spoke of His first summer in ‘Akka: ‘’Akka is a fever-ridden town. It was said that a bird attempting to fly over it would drop dead. The food was poor and insufficient, the water was drawn from a fever-infected well and the climate and conditions were such, that even the natives of the town fell ill. Many soldiers succumbed and eight out of ten of our guard died. During the intense heat, malaria, typhoid and dysentery attacked the prisoners, so that all, men, women and children, were sick at one time. They were no doctors, no medicines, no proper food, and no treatment of any kind. ‘I used to make broth for people, as I had much practice, I make good broth,’ the Master testified laughingly.

Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 170

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: akka).

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