CONTENTS

I.Travellers' Joy[1]
II.Going up to Jerusalem[23]
III.The Gates of Zion[45]
IV.Mizpah and the Mount of Olives[67]
V.An Excursion to Bethlehem and Hebron[83]
VI.The Temple and the Sepulchre[105]
VII.Jericho and Jordan[125]
VIII.A Journey to Jerash[151]
IX.The Mountains of Samaria[191]
X.Galilee and the Lake[217]
XI.The Springs of Jordan[259]
XII.The Road to Damascus[291]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Gate of David, JerusalemFrontispiece
Jaffa
The port where King Solomon landed his cedar beams
from Lebanon for the building of the Temple		Facing page [14]
The Tall Tower of the Forty Martyrs at Ramleh[28]
Street in Jerusalem[60]
A Street in Bethlehem[86]
The Market-place, Bethlehem[90]
Great Monastery of St. George[136]
Ruins of Jerash, Looking West
Propylœum and Temple terrace		[184]
The Virgin's Fountain, Nazareth[232]
The Approach to Bâniyâs[276]
Bridge Over the River Lîtânî[282]
A Small Bazaar in Damascus[316]

I
TRAVELLERS' JOY