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IV.-Interesting Mission-Schools-Departure for the

VI.-Sidon-Its Misfortunes and present Ruins,

VII.-Sarepta and the Country between Sidon and

VIII.-Tyre-Its History and Legends,

IX.-Visit to the Interior-The Castle of Tibnin,

XI.-The Country and Scenes on the Lake of Tiberias

XII.-Tiberias and the Route to Nazareth,

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XIII.-Mount Tabor, the Plain of Esdraelon, and

XIV.-Ancient Archers-Route to Samaria and to

Sychar,

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XV. From Bireh to Jerusalem,

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XVI.-Visit to Bethlehem-The Feast of Nativity-

Beauty of the Bethlehemites,

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XVII.-Visit to the Dead Sea-Plain of Jericho,

XVIII. On the Plain of Jericho, .

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XIX.-Brook Kelt-Jericho-The Banks of the Jordan,

XX. The Nations Around-Passage of the Jordan,

XXI.-Return from Jordan-Fountain of Elisha-

Jericho-Domestic Life- Visit to the Dead

XXIII.—The Evident Volcanic Origin of the Dead Sea,

and the Inferences relative to the Future,

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XXIV.-Walks about Jerusalem,

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XXV. Fertility of the Soil of Palestine in Past Days-

Proofs that the Soil is still capable of the

same Productiveness, .

XXVI.-Departure for the Plain of Sharon,

XXVII.-Joppa-Departure for Malta-Homeward,

Notes Explanatory of the Engravings, .

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

TOMB OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA-Frontispiece.

JOSEPH'S TOMB AND JACOB'S WELL-Vignette.

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PILLAR TO WHICH (ACCORDING TO TRADITION) WAS AFFIXED THE
SENTENCE PASSED ON OUR SAVIOUR,

THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE,
VIEWS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE (FAÇADE, STAIR, BELFRY,

CHAPEL OF CALVARY, THE GENERAL VIEW),

POOL OF BETHESDA AND POOL OF SILOAM,
THE PRINCIPAL STREET IN BETHLEHEM,
SUBTERRANEAN CHURCH AT BETHLEHEM,
NOVEL METHOD OF CHURNING AT JERICHO,
THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE,

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