Lieutenant Conder’s conclusions and proposed identifications are, it will be understood, his own. The Committee do not, collectively, adopt the conclusions of any of their officers.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
PREFACE [v]
INTRODUCTION[xi]
[I.]THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM[1]
[II.]SHECHEM AND THE SAMARITANS[15]
[III.]THE SURVEY OF SAMARIA[41]
[IV.]THE GREAT PLAIN OF ESDRAELON[58]
[V.]THE NAZARETH HILLS[71]
[VI.]CARMEL AND ACRE[88]
[VII.]SHARON[103]
[VIII.]DAMASCUS, BAALBEK AND HERMON[121]
[IX.]SAMSON’S COUNTRY[139]
[X.]BETHLEHEM AND MAR SABA[145]
[XI.]JERUSALEM[160]
[XII.]THE TEMPLE AND CALVARY[182]
[XIII.]JERICHO[199]
[XIV.]THE JORDAN VALLEY[214]
[XV.]HEBRON AND BEERSHEBA[236]
[XVI.]THE LAND OF BENJAMIN[251]
[XVII.]THE DESERT OF JUDAH[260]
[XVIII.]THE SHEPHELAH AND PHILISTIA[273]
[XIX.]GALILEE[289]
[XX.]THE ORIGIN OF THE FELLAHÎN[298]
[XXI.]LIFE AND HABITS OF THE FELLAHÎN[315]
[XXII.]THE BEDAWÎN[336]
[XXIII.]JEWS, RUSSIANS, AND GERMANS[350]
[XXIV.]THE FERTILITY OF PALESTINE[364]
[XXV.]THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE[375]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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TABOR—[Frontispiece.]

From the summit of Jebel Dŭhy. From a water-colour sketch by the Author.

[TITLE-PAGE.]

From a sketch by the Author. A theodolite-party at work.

JACOB’S WELL[15]

From a sketch made by the Author in the vault over the well; looking south.

TOMB OF PHINEHAS[41]

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-west.

HEROD’S COLONNADE AT SAMARIA[43]

From a photograph; looking east.

GUEST HOUSE[52]

From a sketch by the Author made in the village of Kuriet-Jit.

VIEW FROM JENIN[58]

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking north.

CHURCH OF ST. ANNE, AT SEFFURIEH[71]

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

CARMEL[88]

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking west from near the village of Mujeidil.

CONSTANTINE’S BASILICA AT BETHLEHEM[145]

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

MAR SABA[157]

From a photograph; looking north-east.

THE DOME OF THE ROCK[160]

From a photograph; looking north.

THE TEMPLE WALL[182]

From a sketch made by the Author in a chamber outside the west wall, near the north corner.

GILGAL[199]

From a sketch made by the Author on the spot; the view is north-west, over the Plain of Jericho.

DEBIR[236]

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-west.

THE VALLEY OF MICHMASH[to face 256]

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

ENGEDI[260]

From a sketch by the Author; looking south.

GATH[273]

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-east.

COLUMBARIA, NEAR BEIT JIBRÎN[275]

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.

THE SEA OF GALILEE[289]

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking north from Kaukab el Hawa.

A DERWÎSH[298]

From a sketch by the Author.

COSTUMES OF MOSLEM PEASANTRY NEAR SHECHEM[315]

From a sketch by the Author.

MALE DANCERS[325]

From a sketch by the Author.

A BEDAWI WOMAN[336]

From a coloured sketch by the Author.

HAIFA[364]

From a water-colour drawingby the Author. View from the shore west of the German Colony; looking east.