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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
LIFE IN A SYRIAN QUARANTINE.
Voyage from Alexandria to Beyrout — Landing at Quarantine — The Guardiano — Our Quarters — Our Companions — Famine and Feasting — The Morning — The Holy Man of Timbuctoo — Sunday in Quarantine — Islamism — We are Registered — Love through a Grating — Trumpets — The Mystery Explained — Delights of Quarantine — Oriental vs. American Exaggeration — A Discussion of Politics — Our Release — Beyrout — Preparations for the Pilgrimage 17
CHAPTER II.
THE COAST OF PALESTINE.
The Pilgrimage Commences — The Muleteers — The Mules — The Donkey — Journey to Sidon — The Foot of Lebanon — Pictures — The Ruins of Tyre — A Wild Morning — Th«e Tyrian Surges — Climbing the Ladder of Tyre — Panorama of the Bay of Acre — Tht Plain of Esdraelon — Camp in a Garden — Acre — the Shore of the Bay — Haifa — Mount Carmel and its Monastery — A Deserted Coast — The Ruins of Cæsarea — The Scenery of Palestine — We become Robbers — El Haram — Wrecks — the Harbor and Town of Jaffa 32
CHAPTER III.
FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM.
The Garden of Jaffa — Breakfast at a Fountain — The Plain of Sharon — The Ruined Mosque of Ramleh — A Judean Landscape — The Streets of Ramleh — Am I in Palestine? — A Heavenly Morning — The Land of Milk and Honey — Entering the Hill-Country — The Pilgrim's Breakfast — The Father of Lies — A Church of the Crusaders — The Agriculture of the Hills — The Valley of Elah — Day-Dreams — The Wilderness — The Approach — We See the Holy City 48