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A Ride through Syria to Damascus and Baalbec,
and Ascent of Mount Hermon

Palestine in the Time of Our Saviour.
by W. Hughes F.R.G.S.
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A

Ride through Syria

— TO —

Damascus and Baalbec,

AND

Ascent of Mount Hermon.

BY

Edward Abram,

Author of “A Ride Through Palestine,”

“The Seven Churches of Asia,” &c.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

Published by

ABRAM & SONS,

At the Old Post House, Middle Temple Gate,

London.

—

1887.

Abram & Sons,

Printers,

Middle Temple Gate,

London, E.C.

— Contents. —

CHAPTER I.

Page
Jaffa to Tiberias[3]

CHAPTER II.

Tiberias to Hasbêya[10]

CHAPTER III.

Mount Hermon and The Druses[19]

CHAPTER IV.

Damascus[27]

CHAPTER V.

The Anti-Lebanon[37]

CHAPTER VI.

Baalbec and The Bukâa[45]

CHAPTER VII.

Beyrût to Boulogne[52]

CHAPTER VIII.

The Bedaween and Fellaheen[55]
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Index[61]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Map of Palestine[Frontispiece]
Page
Joppa, and House of Simon the Tanner[5]
Mount Carmel[9]
Tiberias[26]
Damascus[33]
Damascus[35]
Baalbec—Great Stone and Quarry[42]
Damascus—Street called “Straight”[44]
Baalbec—General View of Ruins[48]
Beyrût and the Lebanon[51]
Cyprus—Larnaca[52]
Cedars of Lebanon[54]

A Ride

Through

Syria.