Principally designed, or reproduced from photographs, by Karl Giradet, Faguet, Frank Beard, James C. Beard, Arthur Lumley, L. Hopkins, and eminent artists, and mostly engraved by Messrs. Holier, Pannemaker, Laptante, Gusmand, Gauchard, and other noted engravers of Paris; by W. J. Palmer, and the London Illustration Company, of London; and by Charles Speigle, of New York.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
6. Head Piece............................................[...033]
7. Steamer Day...........................................[...034]
8. The Judge’s First Day at Sea..........................[...035]
9. The Judge’s Second Day at Sea.........................[...036]
10. The Race.............................................[...039]
11. The Judge............................................[...040]
12. A Practical Joke.....................................[...044]
13. Head Piece...........................................[...048]
14. Fraternizing.........................................[...050]
15. Eternal Friendship...................................[...051]
16. Proof of the Affray..................................[...052]
17. Avenging an Insult...................................[...054]
18. “I must have a Duel”.................................[...055]
19. An Imperial Wine Cellar..............................[...060]
20. Head Piece...........................................[...063]
21. “Salt by Yer”........................................[...068]
22. The Snoring Match....................................[...069]
23. The Doubter..........................................[...071]
24. A Turkish “Hamal”....................................[...073]
25. Tail Piece...........................................[...077]
26. Head Piece...........................................[...078]
27. Among the Fleas......................................[...079]
28. A Toilet in Public...................................[...082]
29. “Natives of the Country”.............................[...085]
30. Precautionary Measures...............................[...086]
31. “She is a Jewess”....................................[...089]
32. The Palace Tshiragan.................................[...091]
33. Head Piece...........................................[...093]
34. Shirking the Cemetery................................[...097]
35. “Fresh Paint”........................................[...100]
36. Driving a Bargain....................................[...104]
37. A Night at Baidar....................................[...106]
38. Caught in the Act....................................[...108]
39. Tail Piece...........................................[...109]
40. Head Piece...........................................[...110]
41. Putting in his “Best Licks”..........................[...112]
42. “Backsheesh”.........................................[...113]
43. An Impressive Scene..................................[...116]
44. Constantinople from the Tower of Golata—Full.......[...116]
45. Head Piece...........................................[...123]
46. A Street in Constantinople...........................[...124]
47. Strategy.............................................[...126]
48. The Reconnoitre......................................[...129]
49. The Retreat..........................................[...130]
50. A Damas-cussed Dog...................................[...131]
51. Stowing the Sandwiches...............................[...132]
52. Admiring the Mosque..................................[...132]
53. A Sudden Attack......................................[...132]
54. The Pursuit..........................................[...133]
55. A Hopeless Chase.....................................[...133]
56. “Retrospection”......................................[...134]
57. Tail Piece...........................................[...135]
58. Headpiece............................................[...135]
59. A Sedan Chair........................................[...136]
60. A Turkish Beauty.....................................[...137]
61. An Importunate Moslem................................[...143]
62. Extorting “Backsheesh”...............................[...144]
63. Head Piece...........................................[...145]
64. End of the Fast and Beginning of the Feast..........[...146]
65. “Good-Bye, my Friend, Good-Bye”......................[...148]
66. A Turkish “Cavass”...................................[...149]
67. Head Piece...........................................[...153]
68. Moslems at Prayer....................................[...154]
69. “Bismillah”.........................................[...155]
70. The “Duplicate”......................................[...157]
71. Muezzin announcing the Hour of Prayer................[...158]
72. An Oriental Boot Jack................................[...160]
73. Fartha, or Opening Chapter of the Koran..............[...163]
74. Tail Piece...........................................[...165]
75. Head Piece...........................................[...166]
76. A Whirling Dervish...................................[...170]
77. Effect of too much Whirling..........................[...171]
78. Howling as a Profession..............................[...173]
79. Homopathic Treatment.................................[...175]
80. Head Piece...........................................[...177]
81. Some of the Brothers of Far-Away Moses...............[...178]
82. Interviewing a Purser................................[...184]
83. Head Piece...........................................[...187]
84. Head Piece...........................................[...197]
85. View of Athens and the Acropolis.....................[...199]
86. The Decline of Greece................................[...201]
87. Greek Priest of Modern Times.........................[...204]
88. “Doing” the Ruins....................................[...206]
89. Tail Piece..........................................[...212]
90. Head Piece...........................................[...213]
91. Sending Up the Ear of a Victim.......................[...217]
92. Head Piece..........................................[...225]
93. Pickling the “Doubter”...............................[...229]
94. “Backsheesh!” “Backsheesh!”..........................[...231]
95. Head Piece...........................................[...236]
96. Inspecting the Crew..................................[...241]
97. Bad “Backsheesh.”—“It was Counterfeit”..............[...243]
98. St. Jean D’Acre—Full Paye...........................[...249]
99. A Tricky Beast.......................................[...254]
100. Beyrout and the Mountains of Lebanon—Full Page.....[...257]
101. “Mou Dieu! Is this the Party for Damascus?”.........[...262]
102. Head Piece..........................................[...264]
103. The Cedars of Lebanon—Full Page....................[...265]
104. Cedar of Lebanon....................................[...270]
105. Great Stone at Baalbek..............................[...272]
106. Portal of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek..........[...275]
107. Court of a House in Damascus........................[...279]
108. Moslem Women Weeping at a Tomb......................[...282]
109. Syrian Jew with Phylactery..........................[...285]
110. A Money Changer in the Bazaar.......................[...288]
111. Flat Roofed Houses—Damascus........................[...291]
112. Abd-el-Kader........................................[...293]
113. We “Strip to ze buff”...............................[...296]
114. “You will have all ze luxuries”.....................[...296]
115. We Enter “Ze Bain Beautiful”........................[...297]
116. One of the Luxuries.................................[...297]
117. Softening the Asperities............................[...298]
118. A Not One...........................................[...298]
119. “What is Curlew?”...................................[...305]
120. A Bedouin Encampment................................[...308]
121. A Bedouin of the Desert.............................[...309]
122. The Terror of the Desert on his Arabian Charger.....[...311]
123. Enins of Palmyra—Full Page.........................[...315]
124. Hebron—Full Page...................................[...319]
125. Mount Carmel—Full Page.............................[...323]
126. An Inhabited Boot,..................................[...325]
127. Ploughing in Syria,.................................[...332]
128. All that remains of Capernaum,......................[...334]
129. “Backsheesh! O Howadji!”............................[...335]
130. The Sea of Tibenas—Full Page.......................[...337]
131. Magdala,............................................[...339]
132. Unhorsing the “Doubter,”............................[...342]
133. Nazareth—Full Page.................................[...345]
134. Jeivs of Nazareth—Full Page........................[...349]
135. A Syrian Water Bearer,..............................[...353]
136. Jerusalem and Surrounding Country—Full Page........[...359]
137. Sidon—Full Page....................................[...365]
138. Tyre,...............................................[...368]
139. Tail Piece,.........................................[...369]
140. Jaffa—Full Page....................................[...371]
141. Our Dragoman, Ali Soloman,.........................[...374]
141. “Backsheesh,”.......................................[...376]
143. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives—Full Page.......[...377]
144. Ancient Arch; Portion of the Haram Wall,............[...380]
145. A Street in Jerusalem,.............................[...381]
146. Arched Street and Fountain, Jerusalem,..............[...382]
147. Jdrindpal Street of Jerusalem—Full Page............[...383]
148. The Golden Gate, Jerusalem,........................[...386]
149. Interior of the Golden Gate,........................[...387]
150. Site of the Temple, Jerusalem,......................[...388]
151. Ancient Signet Ring,................................[...389]
152. Ancient Signet Ring,................................[...389]
153. Exploring the Substructions,........................[...390]
154. Underground—Beneath the City of Jerusalem..........[...391]
155. The Valley of Jehoshapliat,.........................[...393]
156. Wailing Place of the Jews, Jerusalem,...............[...394]
157. Walls of the Church of the Presentation—Full Page..[...395]
158. Bethlehem—Full Page...............................[...399]
159. Chinch of the Nativity, Bethlehem—Full Page........[...405]
160. Monastery of Mar Saba—Full Page....................[...409]
161. A Formidable Escort,................................[...414]
162. Bathing Place of the Pilgrims on the Jordan.........[...417]
163. The “Doubter’s” Mishap,.............................[...420]
164. The Mount of Olives—Full Page......................[...423]
165. Pool of Hezekiah,...................................[...426]
166. West Door, Church of the Holy Sepulchre.............[...427]
167. Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Full Page.............[...429]
168. The Fountain of the Virgin,.........................[...433]
169. Doubter’—Sixpence,”................................[...436]
170. Jaffa Orange Seller,................................[...438]
171. Tail Piece,.........................................[...439]
172. Water Bearers at the Railway Station, Cairo,........[...447]
173. Praying in the Streets of Cairo,....................[...448]
174. Cairo—Full Page....................................[...449]
175. Massacre of the Mamalukes—Full Page................[...455]
176. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt,.....................[...458]
177. A Tough One,........................................[...459]
178. Head Piece..........................................[...468]
179. Tombs of the Sultans—Cairo—Full Page...............[...469]
180. “O Ye Thirsty,”.....................................[...472]
181. Children Bread Sellers in the Streets of Cairo,....[...473]
182. Mosque of the Sultan Hassan, at Cairo—Full Page....[...475]
183. Young Street Arabs of Cairo,........................[...477]
184. Shoe Peddler in the Bazaar,.........................[...479]
185. Latticed Windows—Cairo,............................[...480]
186. An Auctioneer in the Bazaars,.......................[...485]
187. A Syce,............................................[...489]
188. Donkey Drivers of Cairo—Full Page..................[...491]
189. Not up to the Dodge,................................[...494]
190. An Egyptian Eunuch,.................................[...496]
191. An Arab School—Full Page...........................[...503]
192. Ceremony of the Doseh,..............................[...510]
193. A Shadoof for Drawing Water from the Nile..........[...515]
194. Climbing the Pyramid,...............................[...518]
195. The Ascent of the Judge,............................[...520]
196. An Arab Feat,......................................[...522]
197. The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh...........[...523]
198. A Nile Boat.........................................[...530]
199. The Serapeum—Memphis—Full Page.............[...........537]
200. Landing Place at Beni-Soef—Full Page..............[...545]
201. Sugar Cane Seller at Minieh,.......................[...549]
202. An Inconvenient Position,...........................[...552]
203. Siout—Upper Egypt—Full Page.......................[...555]
204. “Nargeeleh,”........................................[...557]
205. Siout Egg Merchant,.................................[...558]
206. Egyptian Gamblers,..................................[...559]
207. “Aoz, Eh?”..........................................[...663]
208. “Dusting” for “Backsheesh,”.........................[...566]
209. An Egyptian Ghawazee,...............................[...569]
210. Ghawazee and Musicians,.............................[...570]
211. An Egyptian Musician,...............................[...574]
212. Egyptian Water Carriers Filling their Jars..........[...575]
213. Ruins of the Temple of Denderah, Upper Egypt........[...579]
214. Entrance to the Temple of Luxor.....................[...587]
215. The Memnonlum and the Ruined Statue.................[...593]
216. Sitting Colossi,....................................[...595]
217. A Fresh One.........................................[...599]
218. Interior of a Harem.................................[...601]
219. A Murderous Assault,................................[...607]
220. A Nubian Belle,.....................................[...609]
221. A Nubian Lady.......................................[...610]
222. An Egyptian Sakfdeh, Drawing Water from the Nile....[...611]
213. All Affectionate Beast..............................[...613]
214. Luxuries of Camel Riding............................[...615]
225. Egyptian God Osiris.................................[...617]
226. Egyptian Goddess Isis...............................[...618]
227. Island of Phike, or Sacred Island—Full Page........[...619]
218. Sacred Lotus of the Egyptians—Full Page............[...627]
219. Modern Egyptian Gristmill...........................[...630]
230. A Nubian Warrior....................................[...632]
231. Papyrus of the Egyptians—Full Page.................[...633]
231. Biting the Dust.....................................[...641]
233. Women of Cairo—Full Page...........................[...655]
234. Bread Seller in the Streets of Cairo................[...659]
235. A Lady of the Harem.................................[...662]
236. An Egyptian Barber..................................[...665]
237. Alexandria—Full Page...............................[...671]
238. Court of a House in Egypt,..........................[...673]
239. A Bedouin Encampment near Cairo,....................[...675]
240. The Madonna Tree,...................................[...676]
241. Boot Blacks of Cairo,...............................[...679]
242. Mosque of Sultan Berkook, and Fountain of Ismail....[...682]
243. Modern Egyptian Oven,...............................[...683]
244. Palace of the Viceroy, near Alexandria—Full Page...[...689]
CHAP I—STEAMER LIFE ON THE ATLANTIC.
Leaving Home—Our Pilgrimage Begun—Sights and Scenes on Deck—“Life on the Ocean Wave”—Out at Sea—The Traveller’s Little World—Feeling Queer Inside!—Delights of Sea-Sickness—Reminiscences of a Jolly Old Boy—What Became of the Judge—Bringing up his Liver!—Too Big for his Berth—Sleeping in a Second-Hand Coffin—A Race with a Lemon—The Leg of Mutton Dance—Eccentric Conduct of a Boiled Turkey—Too Much Sauce!—“Dressing” the Judge’s Trowsers—Alone at Sea—A Funny Conspiracy—Fate of a Timid Man—Confidence Betrayed—The Young Man from the Country—His Wisdom and his Woes—Drinking Petroleum—The Judge Turns Joker—Who Owns the Ocean Steamers.......[...033]