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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XIV.

Ascent of Mount Sinai-Mountain of St. Cathe-

rine-Horeb and Er Rahab-Feuds of the

Arabs-Defile of El-Ain

CHAPTER XV.

Akaba-The Hadji Road to Mecca-Murder of

Sheikh Suleiman by the Mezeiné tribe

CHAPTER XVI.

Sheikh of the Alouins and his Son-Bedouins

rushing to Action-Chiefs of the Howât Tribe

-The Desert

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CHAPTER XVII.

Arab Superstition-Bedouins of the Tiyayah-

Attack upon our Caravan-Ruins of El Ouji

-Caravan of Camels-Remains of Rehaibe-

Ruins of Elusa

CHAPTER XVIII.

Beersheba-Pastoral Arabs-Wells-Daharieh—

Hebron-Turkish Soldiers-Plains of Mamre

-Edroua

CHAPTER XIX.

Bethlehem-The Convent, and its different Re-

ligious Communities-Prospect of Jerusalem.

-Armenian Convent-Valley of Jehoshaphat

-The Great Mosque-The Convent Church

-Protestant Congregation

CHAPTER XX.

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79

95

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113

The Patriarch of the Armenian Church-Tomb

of the Kings-Pool of Siloam-Church of the

Holy Sepulchre

CHAPTER XXI.

Valley of Hinnom-Mount Zion-Sacred Places

-Tomb of Lazarus-Bethany

131

CHAPTER XXII.

Plains of Mamre-Sheikh of the Jellaheen-

Kurmul-Ruins of Kurnub-Wady Araba-

Mount Hor-Aaron's Tomb

CHAPTER XXIII.

Wady Mousa-Petra-The Khasné-Tribes of

the Alouins

Wady Araba-

Course of the Jordan-Shore of the Dead Sea

147

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195

CHAPTER XXV.

Great Mosque of Omar-Mosque of El Aksa-

Pools of Solomon-Sheikh Said of Gaza-

Convent of Mar-Saba-Latin Convent-The

French Bishop of Babylon-Tahir Pacha

CHAPTER XXVI.

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Samaria-Valleys of Ephraim-Djanin-Naza-

reth-Acre-Tyre-Sidon-Beirout

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221

CHAPTER XXVII.

Princesses of the Lebanon-Natural Bridge at

Nahr Leban-Antiquities -

239

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Village of Akoura-Hosrun-Cedars of Lebanon

Base of Mount Lebanon

Baalbec

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Quarries-Zebdeni-Suburb of Damascus

261

CHAPTER XXIX.

Damascus - The Consul's House Bazaars

Damascus under the Sultan-Souk Barrada 283

CHAPTER XXX.

Zahle-Mar Elias-Beirout-Alexandria-Me-

hemet Ali-Malta -Gibraltar-Corunna

Ferrol-Portsmouth

293