We are chiefly indebted to Mr. Aquilina, the very capable and courteous agent for Messrs. Cook and Son at Alexandria, for the perfect way in which the machinery of the expedition was managed for us. Without such good transport and camps one does not travel as smoothly as we did. To the Archbishop of Alexandria we owe a debt of gratitude for his kind offices in helping to render our way so pleasant.
ELIZABETH BUTLER.
Government House, Devonport,
Christmas Day, 1902.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| [1.] | Frontispiece | |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| [2.] | Jaffa | [8] |
| [3.] | The “Cenaculum.” Site of the House of the Last Supper | [26] |
| [4.] | In the Garden of Gethsemane. Noonday. Looking towards Valley of Jehoshaphat | [30] |
| [5.] | Bethany | [32] |
| [6.] | “Ain Kareem,” reputed birthplace of John the Baptist, from roof of Convent of the Visitation | [36] |
| [7.] | Solomon’s Pools, near Jerusalem, looking towards Dead Sea | [38] |
| [8.] | Bethlehem from the Sheepfold, Field of Boaz | [42] |
| [9.] | The Plain of the Jordan, looking from “New Jericho” towards Mount Pisgah | [48] |
| [10.] | The Plain of Esdraelon, from foot of Tabor, with the village of Naim in distance | [60] |
| [11.] | Our First Sight of Lake Galilee | [62] |
| [12.] | Galilee, looking towards Hermon | [64] |
| [13.] | Galilee, looking from near the mouth of the Jordan towards the “Mount of Beatitudes” and Tabor | [66] |
| [14.] | Nazareth at Sunrise | [68] |
| [15.] | St. Jean d’Acre | [72] |
| [16.] | Ruins of the Crusaders’ Banqueting Hall, Athleet | [78] |
The illustrations in this volume have been engraved and printed by the
Carl Hentschel Colourtype Process
LETTERS FROM THE HOLY LAND
In the Adriatic, 28th February 189-.
My....—I am out on the dark waters of the Adriatic. It is late, and the people on board are little by little subsiding into their cabins, and I shall write you my first letter en route for the Holy Land.