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| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| THE DEAD SEA AND THE RIVER JORDAN. | ||
| Bargaining for a Guard — Departure from Jerusalem — The Hill of Offence — Bethany — The Grotto of Lazarus — The Valley of Fire — Scenery of the Wilderness — The Hills of Engaddi — The shore of the Dead Sea — A Bituminous Bath — Gallop to the Jordan — A watch for Robbers — The Jordan — Baptism — The Plains of Jerich — The Fountain of Elisha — The Mount of Temptation — Return to Jerusalem | 60 | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| THE CITY OF CHRIST. | ||
| Modern Jerusalem — The Site of the City — Mount Zion — Mount Moriah — The Temple — The Valley of Jehosaphat — The Olives of Gethsemane — The Mount of Olives — Moslem Tradition — Panorama from the Summit — The Interior of the City — The Population — Missions and Missionaries — Christianity in Jerusalem — Intolerance — The Jews of Jerusalem — The Face of Christ — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre — The Holy of Holies — The Sacred Localities — Visions of Christ — The Mosque of Omar — The Holy Man of Timbuctoo — Preparations for Departure | 72 | |
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| THE HILL-COUNTRY OF PALESTINE. | ||
| Leaving Jerusalem — The Tombs of the Kings — El Bireh — The Hill-Country — First View of Mount Hermon — The Tomb of Joseph — Ebal and Gerizim — The Gardens of Nablous — The Samaritans — The Sacred Book — A Scene in the Synagogue — Mentor and Telemachus — Ride to Samaria — The Ruins of Sebaste — Scriptural Landscapes — Halt at Genin — The Plain of Esdraelon — Palestine and California — The Hills of Nazareth — Accident — Fra Joachim — The Church of the Virgin — The Shrine of the Annunciation — The Holy Places | 88 | |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| THE COUNTRY OF GALILEE. | ||
| Departure from Nazareth — A Christian Guide — Ascent of Mount Tabor — Wallachian Hermits — The Panorama of Tabor — Ride to Tiberias — A Bath in Genesareth — The Flowers of Galilee — The Mount of Beatitude — Magdala — Joseph's Well — Meeting with a Turk — The Fountain of the Salt-Works — The Upper Valley of the Jordan — Summer Scenery — The Rivers of Lebanon — Tell el-Kadi — An Arcadian Region— The Fountains of Banias | 103 | |
