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nose of his minister cut off. The murder of his wives.- Mu-
tilated objects to be met in the streets. - Interview with the
present pacha's physician. His recital of barbarities.
Djezzar's death. Acre. Convent. - Ruins. - Consuls.
Visit to Mount Carmel. Where the making of glass was first
discovered. Convent on Carmel. - Return to Acre.- Exe-
cutioner. Place of decapitation. - Receipt of firman from
Constantinople. Roads from Acre to Jerusalem.
CHAP. V.
Departure for Tyre. - Aqueduct near Acre. - Zib. - Promon-
tory.- Cisterns of Solomon. Arrival at Tyre. Siege of it
by Alexander. - Ruins. Its former splendour contrasted with
its present desolation.— Reflections on the pride of the opulent
merchant. Supper with the Archbishop of Tyre. - Accommo-
dation at his house.
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CHAP. VI.
Departure from Tyre. - Zarepta. Arrival at Sidon.- Its former
importance. Arts and Sciences. Present state of Sidon.-
Description.
Journey through the mountains. Convent of St. Salvadore. -
Romantic situation. - Reflections. Monks' supper.- Author
taken for a medical person. · Anecdote of a blind Arab. De-
scription of Arabian dresses.
Departure. Journey over Mount Lebanon. - Danger in passing
through the snow. -Author and mules nearly lost in it.-
Glorious view from summit. Reflections.
- Arrival. - Firman treated contemptuously at the gate.
Remarks. Franciscan convent.- Proof of the importance of
patent letter from Rome.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. IX.
Effect produced by the seasons.
City of Damascus. Population. Materials of buildings.
- Bazaars.- Pilgrims for Mecca.
Cafés.. Sacred places alluded to in Scripture. — Interview
with the minister and pacha.- Result.— Risk in adopting
Christian dress at Damascus.-Danger of proceeding to Palmyra.
Hints to travellers.
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Departure from Damascus. -
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CHAP. X.
Zachale. — Baalbeck.
- Temple of
the Sun. Description of its original grandeur. Present state
of the town and ruins. - Population.-Frightful storm.
Return to Zachale. Operations on the roofs of houses in con-
of rain. - Inhabitants. Ancient customs. Scripture
sequence
references. - Plough.
Final departure from Zachale. — Crossing the mountains.
Wretched khan.- View of Bayreuth from an eminence. Ar-
rival there. Druses.
Hints to
Description of that tribe.
missionaries. Opinions entertained by the Druses concerning
the soul after death. The calf an object of idolatrous worship
in their temples. - Prince of the mountains. Description of
Bayreuth. - Population.—English consul. — Convent. - Com-
plaint of the Monks at receiving no pecuniary assistance from
France. Tombs. -Field of St. George.-Reflections on finally
leaving the Holy Land.
Departure from Bayreuth.- Cyprus. Confirmation of Druses
worshipping the calf. Atrocities of Buonaparte.- Larnica.
Extraordinary birth by a Cyprian woman. Soil. Consuls. -
Salt lakes. - Visit to the capital.— Fortifications. — Dying. -
Coins. Watering vineyards.— Reflections. Locusts. Ty-
ranny of the Turks over the Greeks.-Importance of this island
to Britain. Expediency of establishing a government for the
Greeks. Return to Larnica.
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CHAP. XIII.
Departure from Cyprus. - Voyage. - Paphos. Preaching of
St. Paul.
– Knights. — Christians. — Visit of the apostle Paul.
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