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INDEX
- Abraham, sacrificial rock of, [64].
- Agriculture, in the Land of Goshen, [6];
- in Palestine, [159].
- Allenby, General, the successful Crusader, [1].
- Alouf, Dr. Michel, archæologist at Baalbek, [239].
- American cemetery at Jerusalem purchased by trickery by Germans who remove bodies, [44], [250].
- American colonies in the Holy Land, [172].
- American education in the Near East, [252].
- American Medical Unit in Palestine, [202].
- American store in Jerusalem, [174].
- American trade, opportunities for, in Syria, [267].
- Ananias, house of, at Damascus, [212].
- Andromeda, the rocks of, [18].
- Anglo-Israelite Colonization Society, work of, [170], [176].
- Ararat, Mount, in Armenia, [274].
- Armenia, the sufferings of, [271].
- Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem, [273].
- Armenian women, costumes of, [276];
- marriage customs, [277].
- Armenians, as sharp traders, [271].
- Ascension, Chapel of the, [127].
- Asyut, American college at, [252].
- Ayasoluk, railway station for Ephesus, [263], [266].
- Baal, worship of, [235].
- Baalbek, ruins of the ancient city, [232].
- Babel, Tower of, at Baalbek, [234].
- Bacchus, temple of, at Baalbek, [236].
- Banias, at source of the Jordan, [130].
- Baptisms in the Jordan, [55].
- Bashan, compared with Bible times, [32].
- Bazaars of Jerusalem, [111].
- Beeroth, [155].
- Bees and honey of Palestine, [164].
- Beirut, American college at, [256];
- college has largest publishing house in the Orient, [259].
- Beitin, the ancient Bethel, [155].
- Berlin-to-Bagdad scheme, Germany’s, [249].
- Bethany, of to-day, [123].
- Bethel, now called Beitin, [155].
- Bethlehem, visits to, [138].
- Birthplace of Christ, the, [144].
- Bliss, Dr. Howard S., difficulties with the literary censorship, [255];
- handles a strike of Moslem students, [257].
- Boaz, Field of, [140], [141].
- Bomb for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [107].
- Bread bakers of Jerusalem, [115].
- Brickmaking at Bubastis, [9].
- Bridge of Jacob’s Daughters, [131].
- British government of Palestine and Syria, [280].
- British mandate over Palestine, [197].
- Bubastis, city of cat worship, [9].
- Caiaphas, the house of, [44].
- Cain and Abel, Moslem tradition of, [246].
- Calvary, the site as located by General Gordon, [46].
- Camels and their use, [164].
- Cana, village of, [195].
- Candies of Damascus, [218].
- Capernaum, excavations at, [192].
- Carmelite nunnery on Mount of Olives, [126].
- Cat worship, at Bubastis, [9].
- Catacombs of Jerusalem, [60].
- Cave dwellers in Jerusalem, [39].
- Cedars of Lebanon, [240].
- Cemeteries, weddings in, [83].
- Censorship of reading matter by Turkish officials, [255].
- Chapel of the Ascension, [127].
- Chapel of the Manger, [146].
- Children of the Holy Land, [182].
- Christ, Tomb of, [90].
- Christians barred from railroads to Mohammedan holy cities, [242].
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [48], [88].
- Church of the Lord’s Prayer, the, [126].
- Church of the Nativity, [144].
- Costumes of Damascus women, [224].
- Crucifixion, relics of the, [91].
- Damascus, the world’s oldest city, [204];
- the heart of the Mohammedan world, [209];
- massacres of Christians at, in modern times, [209], [217];
- bazaars of, [214];
- foreign trade, [220];
- manufacture of jewellery, [221].
- Damascus-Beirut railway, travels on, [246].
- David, Tower of, [36].
- David-Goliath battlefield, [25].
- Day of Judgment, the Mohammedan belief, [46].
- Dead Sea, the, [129], [131], [135].
- Dervishes, fanaticism of the, [278].
- Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, [263].
- Divorce, in Damascus, [225].
- Donkeys, their use in the Holy Land, [164].
- Dorcas, the tomb of, [21].
- Easter Week in Jerusalem, [48], [55], [84].
- Ebal, Mount, [157].
- Eddy, Dr. Mary, work of, as medical missionary, [260].
- Education, American, in the Near East, [252].
- Elijah, the cave of, [122].
- Elisha, the fountain of, [122].
- Ephesus, excavations at, [262].
- Eucalyptus, introduction of the, [170].
- Evil Eye, belief in the, [78].
- Excavations, at Baalbek, German, [234];
- at Ephesus, [262];
- at Jericho, [119].
- Farming in Palestine, [159].
- Fat-tailed sheep, [141].
- Fatima, tomb of, at Damascus, [210].
- Field of Boaz, [140], [141].
- Field of Peas, the, [142].
- Field of the Shepherds, the, [142].
- Figs, production of, in Syria, [269].
- Fishermen of the Sea of Galilee, [189].
- Flight into Egypt, the, [10].
- Flowers of Palestine, the, [165].
- Foot washing, the ceremony of, [95].
- Franz Josef, costly gifts of, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [50].
- French-Jewish Society, work of, [171].
- Fuel, scarcity of, [33].
- Gabriel’s Spring, Nazareth, [180].
- Gadarenes, land of the, [188].
- Galilee, Sea of, [131], [187].
- Garden of Gethsemane, the, [127].
- German church at Jerusalem, [43], [249], [250].
- German colonies in Palestine, [248].
- German excavations at Baalbek, [234].
- German hospice at Jerusalem, [249].
- Germany’s methods in the Near East, [249].
- Gerizim, Mount, Samaritan Passover sacrifice on, [150].
- Gethsemane, Garden of, [46], [127].
- Gezer, excavations at, [27].
- Gifts to the churches, [108].
- Gihon, Pool of, [139].
- Gilead, compared with Bible times, [32].
- Gomorrah and Sodom, sites of, [137].
- Good Samaritan Inn, the, [125].
- Gordon, General, site of Calvary located by, [46];
- believed Place of the Skull the scene of the Crucifixion, [154].
- Goshen, in Joseph’s time and now, [4];
- a land of gardens, [6].
- Graveyard marriages, superstition regarding, [82].
- Great Mosque, the, at Damascus, [207].
- Greek Church, a great factor in the religious life of the Holy Land, [53];
- strength of, [101], [109].
- Hadassah Medical Organization, work of, in Palestine, [202].
- Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, organizer of Robert College, Constantinople, [254].
- Hardegg, American hotel keeper at Jaffa, [19].
- Hebrew art, revival of, [201].
- Herzl, Dr. Theodore, founder of Zionist movement, [198].
- Hezekiah, Pool of, [35], [36].
- Holy Family, route of, into Egypt, [10].
- Holy fire, “miracle” of the, [98].
- Holy Land, returned to Christian and Jew, [1].
- Holy Sepulchre, Church of the, [48], [88].
- Holy Week, in Jerusalem, [48], [55], [84].
- Huleh, Lake, [131].
- Irrigation, in Mesopotamia, British plans for, [248];
- in the Land of Goshen, [6].
- Jacob’s Daughters, Bridge of, [131].
- Jacob’s Well, [152].
- Jaffa, the city of Jonah, [14];
- one of the world’s worst harbours, [16];
- lumber for Solomon’s Temple landed at, [17], [66], [241].
- Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad, the, [26].
- Jaffa to Jerusalem, the journey from, [32].
- Jehoshaphat, Valley of, [44].
- Jeremiah, Lamentations of, where written, [46];
- chanting of, [76].
- Jericho, excavations at, [119];
- arriving at, [123].
- Jerusalem, growth of the city, [37];
- materials used in house construction in, [38];
- the mecca of millions, [40];
- the building of the walls, [45];
- pilgrimage city of the world, [48];
- Jews barred from, [68];
- mean temperature of, [130];
- increase in population under the British, [282].
- Jesus’s Spring, in Nazareth, [180].
- Jewellery, manufacture of, in Damascus, [221].
- Jewels bestowed by pilgrims to Jerusalem, [50].
- Jewish Colonies, development of, [169].
- Jews, coming into their own, [68];
- classes of, in Palestine, [69];
- dress and customs of, [71];
- superstitions of, [78].
- Jonah, story of, [16].
- Jonah’s city, Jaffa, [14].
- Jordan River, long and crooked, [30];
- the blessing of the water, [55];
- baptisms in, [56];
- travels along the, [129];
- source of, [130].
- Jordan Valley, the, [129];
- mean temperature of, [130].
- Judas’s betrayal of Christ, spot of, [128].
- Judea, via the railway, [23].
- Juneau, tuberculosis hospital at, [260].
- Kaiserin Augusta, hospice on Mount of Olives in honour of, [249].
- Kedron, gardens of, [44].
- Kedron, Valley of, [154].
- Kersting, Father, excavations in Nazareth, [180].
- Lake Huleh, [131].
- Lamentations of Jeremiah, where written, [46];
- chanting of the, [76].
- Lazarus, tomb of, [123].
- Law of Moses, Samaritan parchment of the, [150].
- Lebanon, cedars of, [240].
- Lebanon Mountains, scantily forested, [240].
- Livestock in the Land of Goshen, [6].
- Lord’s Prayer, the Church of the, [125].
- Lot’s wife, the pillar of salt, [137].
- Louse Market, Damascus, [217].
- Machinery, American, needed in Syria, [267].
- Magi, Well of the, [141].
- Mandeville, Sir John, first report of the cotton plant, [5].
- Manger, Chapel of the, [146].
- Markets of Jerusalem, the, [117].
- Marriage and divorce customs of the Holy Land, [226].
- Marriage at early age in Palestine, [184].
- Marriage customs in Armenia, [277].
- Mary and Martha, house of, at Bethany, [124].
- Mary’s Well, Nazareth, [180].
- Masons, meeting of, in the Mosque of Omar, [282].
- Massacres of Christians in Damascus in modern times, [209], [217].
- Mecca, railroad to, [242];
- Moslem pilgrimages to, [209];
- pilgrimages to, a means of distribution of civilized ideas, [258].
- Medical missionaries in the Orient, [259].
- Mesopotamia, British plans for irrigation in, [248];
- agricultural possibilities of, [268].
- “Miracle” of the holy fire, the, [98].
- Mizpah, where Saul was anointed king, [25], [154].
- Moab, compared with Bible times, [32].
- Modern innovations in the Holy Land, [1].
- Money changers, customs of the, [87], [111].
- Montefiore colonies at Jerusalem, [171].
- Moriah, Mount, [57].
- Moses, where found, in the Nile bulrushes, [11].
- Moses’ Tabernacle, site of, [65].
- Mosque of Omar, water supply for, [34];
- on site of Solomon’s Temple, [36], [48];
- history of, [62];
- kept under Moslem guard by the British, [282].
- Mosques and praying carriages on Mecca railway, [243].
- Mount Ebal, [157].
- Mount Moriah, [57].
- Mount Nebo, [129], [134].
- Mount of Olives, [30], [125].
- Mount Scopus, [154].
- Naaman, the Syrian, house of, at Damascus, [212].
- Nablus, one of the oldest towns of history, [157].
- Nativity, Church of the, [144].
- Nazareth, early home of the Saviour, [177].
- Nebo, Mount, [129], [134].
- Noah, tomb of, [247].
- Obelisks, American tourists at the, [12].
- Olive oil, made in primitive manner, [116].
- Olives, production of, in Syria, [269].
- Omar, Mosque of, water supply for, [34];
- on site of Solomon’s Temple, [36], [48];
- its history, [62];
- kept under Moslem guard by the British, [282].
- Ornan, the Jebusite, threshing-floor of, [59], [64].
- Palestine, returned to Christian and Jew, [1];
- first view of its shores, [15];
- comparative size, [30];
- character of the country, [31];
- farming in, [159];
- under the British, [280].
- Palestine Exploration Fund excavations at Gezer, [27].
- Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, [92].
- Patriarch of Jerusalem, a talk with the, [101].
- Peas, the Field of, [142].
- Pilgrimages to the Holy City, [14], [40], [48], [49], [53].
- Pithom, treasure city of Pharaoh, [8].
- Place of the Skull, the, [46], [154].
- Pontius Pilate, house of, [93].
- Pool of Gihon, [139].
- Pool of Hezekiah, [35], [36].
- Pool of Siloam, [35], [54].
- Pools of Solomon, now a poor water supply, [34].
- Quarrels between the sects, [106].
- Rachel, Tomb of, [142].
- Railroads in the Holy Land, [242].
- Rainfall, scanty proportion of, [34].
- Rameses, treasure city of Pharaoh, [8].
- Religions, strength of the different, [110].
- Robert College, Constantinople, influence of, [253].
- Roses, Valley of, [140].
- Rothschild, Baron Edward, founds Jewish colonies in Palestine, [171], [174], [176].
- Ruins, the world’s mighty, [233].
- Russian hospice, the, [53].
- Russians, chief pilgrims to the Holy Land, [53].
- Saladin, tomb of, at Damascus, [211].
- Samaritans, among the, [149].
- Samson’s fight with the Philistines, place of, [26].
- Samuel, Tomb of, [154].
- St. Helena, locates place of the Crucifixion, [51].
- St. Stephen, place of the stoning of, [45].
- St. Paul, tracing footsteps of, [211];
- place of his escape over wall of Damascus, [213].
- St. Peter and his dream, [20].
- Schools of Nazareth, the, [184].
- Scopus, Mount, [154].
- Sea of Galilee, [131], [187].
- Seilum, the ancient Shiloh, [155].
- Sepulchre of Christ, the, [91].
- Seth, tomb of, [247].
- Shechem, one of the oldest towns of history, [157].
- Sheep, the fat-tailed variety, [141], [160].
- Shepherds, Field of the, [142].
- Shiloh, now called Seilum, [155].
- Shops of Jerusalem, smallness of the, [113].
- Silk production in Syria, [268].
- Siloam, Pool of, [35], [44].
- Simon the Tanner, house of, [20].
- Skull, Place of the, [154].
- Smyrna, largest city in Asia Minor, [267].
- Sodom and Gomorrah, sites of, [137].
- Solomon, Pools of, now a poor water supply, [34].
- Solomon’s Temple, lumber for, landed at Jaffa, [17], [66], [241];
- Mosque of Omar on site of, [36], [48];
- site of, [45];
- holiest spot on the globe, [57];
- dimensions of, [67].
- Souvenirs, the purchase of, [222].
- Spaffordites, colony of the, in Palestine, [173].
- Sphinx, legend of the Holy Family at the, [11].
- Stone of Unction, the, [49], [89].
- Storekeepers of Jerusalem, [111].
- Street called Straight, the, at Damascus, [212];
- shopping in, [214].
- Suk Wadi Baroda, on Damascus-Beirut railway, [246].
- Superstitions of the Jews, [78].
- Syria under the British, [280].
- Tabernacle of Moses, site of, [65].
- Taxes and their collection in Palestine, [167].
- Temples of Baalbek, [233].
- Tiberias on Sea of Galilee, [193].
- Tomb of Christ, the, [90];
- of Dorcas, [21];
- Fatima, [210];
- of Lazarus, [123];
- of Noah, [247];
- of Rachel, [142];
- of Saladin, [211];
- of Samuel, [154];
- of Seth, [247].
- Tower of Babel, at Baalbek, [234].
- Tower of David, the, [36].
- Tuberculosis among the Bedouin tribes, [260].
- Unction, Stone of, [49], [89].
- United Presbyterian Church, educational institutions of, in Nile Valley, [252].
- Valley of Roses, [140].
- Veiled women of Damascus, the, [223].
- Virgin Mary, jewel-covered image of, at Jerusalem, [50].
- Washing the feet, ceremony of, [95].
- Watch towers of Jerusalem, the, [43].
- Water supply, by scanty wells and cisterns, [34].
- Weddings, in cemeteries, [82].
- Well of the Magi, [141].
- Wilhelm II, breach in wall of Jerusalem in honour of, [139];
- places golden wreath on tomb of Saladin, [211];
- his trip through the Holy Land, [233], [250].
- Women, veiled, of Damascus, [223].
- Women’s rights in the Holy Land, [230].
- Zagazig, a famous cotton port, [4].
- Zammarin, Jewish colony at, [174].
- Zangwill, Israel, talk with on Zionist movement, [198].
- Zion, Mount, view from, [37];
- on the slope of, [43].
- Zionist colonies in Palestine, [170].
- Zionist movement, the, [196].
- Zimpel, originator of Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad idea, [26].
- Zorah, birthplace of Samson, [27].