CONTENTS.

NEWCASTLE TO GIBRALTAR.

Leave Newcastle..Sail from Southampton.. Incident..Bay of Biscay..

Passengers..Spanish coast..Sea sickness.. GIBRALTAR.. Its appearance..

The population..Departure,

1-6

GIBRALTAR TO MALTA.

View of Algiers..Island.. MALTA.. Scene in the Harbour..VALETTA..The

Maltese..Ramble in Malta.. Novel Scenes.. Fruits..Catholic Churches..

Botanic Gardens.."The Carpenter"..Embark for Alexandria,

6-12

MALTA TO ALEXANDRIA.

The Voyage..Oppressive heat..Ascend the Mast..Port of ALEXANDRIA..

Scene in the Harbour.. Go on Shore.. Mr. Bateson, M. P... Ride into Alexan-

dria..French Hotel.. Mr. Manning..Decide upon my Course..Sights in

Alexandria..Burying Ground.. Singular Custom..Dogs..French Hotel..

Experiences in French Cookery..Arab Boys with Asses..Depart from

Alexandria..Experience of Arab Knavery,

12-21

VOYAGE TO BEYROOT.

Passengers in the "Emegg"..Calm..Total Abstinence..Companions to

Jerusalem.. See the Mountains of Lebanon.. Arrive at Beyroot.. Land and go

into Quarantine.. Quarantine House..Surrounding Scenery..Expedients..

Remarkable Coincidence.. Want of Honesty in the East.. Remove from Quar-

antine..Beyroot.. Engage Servant.. Medicinal Well..Effects from drinking

of it..The Latter Rain withholden.. Walk in the Town and Suburbs.. Roads

..Serpent.. Prepare for Departure..Ramble with Nicalo..Desolation..

Burying Ground.. Cooks' Shops,

21-38

FROM BEYROOT TO LEAVING JAFFA.

Embark in Turkish Schooner.. Sidon..Jewish Passengers.. Crowded state

of the Vessel..Detained at TYRE.. Go on Shore..The Ten Tribes..Condition

of Tyre..Its Ruins.. Prophecy fulfilled..Devotions of the Jews.. Detained at

MOUNT CARMEL..Ascend the Mountain and visit the Convent.. Presentiment

..Kishon.. Arrive at JAFFA.. Wedding..Jaffa Market..Bedouins.. The appear-

ance of the Country and the Climate,

38-48

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CONTENTS.

FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM.

Leave Jaffa..Orange Gardens.. Soil..RAMLEH..The Governor..Remark-

able expectation..Englishmen held in high estimation in the East..Striking

instance..Leave Ramleh next morning..The Soil and Cultivation.. Cattle..

Mountains of Judea.. Pass through narrow Defile..Difficulties of the Road..

Thirst..Approach to JERUSALEM..Enter the Jaffa Gate.. Proceed to Hotel

..Privations of the journey,

48-54

JERUSALEM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Retain Nicalo as servant.. Call upon the Bishop..Rain..Bishop Alexander..

His kindness..The Bishop's House.. Visit Scripture sites with Mr. Ewald

..House of Caiphas..Absalom's Pillar and Zecharias' Tomb.. Gethsemane..

Mosque of Omar, &c...Mahommedan Tradition..Sabbath in Jerusalem..

Service at the Church on Mount Zion..Jerusalem trodden down of the Gentiles

..Walk outside the City..Visit Gethsemane..The Virgin's Sepulchre..lts

Interior..Ascend the Mount of Olives..Walk round the North of the City..

Turkish Funeral..Jewish Burying Ground..The Walls of Jerusalem.. Golden

Gate..Pool of Bethesda.. Rejoicing on account of Rain..The Latter Rain..

The Streets of Jerusalem..Difficulty of Walking through them.. The Shops

..Different Trades carried on.. Garden of Gethsemane..St. James's Pillar..

Stoning of Absalom's Pillar..Tomb of Jehoshaphat..Channel of the Kedron

.Extension of Agriculture near Jerusalem..Sabbath..The Bishop's Sermon

.. The Upper Pool..Mahommedan Funeral,

54-70

Start for BETHANY..Pool of Bethesda..Mount of Olives.. View of the city
from the Mountain..Beauty of the Mount.. Arrive at Bethany..Occurrences
there..Tomb of Lazarus.. Superstition..Join party of English Gentlemen..
Interior of the Tombs of the Prophets..Return to Jerusalem..Oppression of
the Jews..Start for BETHLEHEM with the same Party.. Nicalo contrives to
make a display..Appearance of the Country..Agriculture..Arrive at Bethlehem
Splendour of the Convent.. The Manger.. Leave Bethlehem.. Bad Road..

POOLS OF SOLOMON.. Return..Amusing occurrence,

70-78

Visit the Sepulchres of the Kings..Range among the Shops, &c., in Jerusa-

lem..Modes of working at different Trades.. The Weather..Abundant fall of

Rain..The Desolation accounted for..Sabbath..Market on Mount Zion..The

Mission..Potter's Field..Aqueduct.. The New Church..Mount Zion ploughed

..Turkish Burying Ground..Pleasing Aspect of the Mount of Olives..The

Aqueduct and the King's Gardens..Sabbath.. Mr. Bateson's arrival in Jerusa-

lem..Jeremiah's Tomb..Mock fight of Arabs.. Scene in the Court of the Holy

Sepulchre..Eastern Stories.. Nicalo,
78-94

Fall of Snow in Jerusalem..The Upper Pool..Group of Natives.. Walk to

the Mount of Olives and Garden of Gethsemane.. Foxes..Visit the Corn

Market..Fate of Windmills..Death of Mr. Bateson.. Sabbath..The Bishop's

Sermon.. New Temporary Church..Funeral of Mr. Bateson..Mount Zion..

Its extent and state of Cultivation..Mount Zion within the Walls.. The

Church of the Holy Sepulchre,

94-106

JORDAN and the DEAD SEA..Hire Bedouin Guard and commence the

journey..Appearance of the land.. Occurrences of the journey..Arrive at the

Jordan..Its width-The Dead Sea.. Its appearance..Taste of the Water..

Journey back to Jerusalem..Dismal Ravine.. Sleep in a cave-El Antra..

False Alarm.. Real danger..Arab Robber..The land lying waste..Arrive at

Jerusalem.. Prepare for Leaving Jerusalem..Hear the Bishop..Last Walk

to Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives,

106-114

CONTENTS.

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FROM JERUSALEM TO LEAVING ALEXANDRIA.

Leave Jerusalem on New Year's Day..The Party..Journey to Jaffa..
Assembly of Chiefs..Ramleh..Jaffa.. Plains of Sharon..Pilgrims..Khan..
Grazier..Cæsarea..Lodge at "Pilgrim's Inn"..Journey along the Shore..
Uncomfortable Situation in Acre..Fruit Gardens.. Unpleasant Journey in a
storm..Zib..Scandalium..Tyre.. Ruins.. Sidon.. Arrive at Beyroot.. Sail for
Alexandria..Arrive atAlexandria.. Quarantine.. Wedding..Funeral.. Circum-
cision..Indian Mail..Early Marriages.. Released from Quarantine.. Ride in
the Suburbs.. Go on board the "Oriental,"
114-131

FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ENGLAND.

Reflections on departure.. Stormy weather at Sea..Malta..Terrific Storm..

Gibraltar....Its beautiful Aspect from the Harbour.. Rough weather in the

Bay of Biscay..Arrive at Southampton.. Custom-house..London.. Voyage in

Steamer to Newcastle,
131-141

CONCLUSION.

The Land of Israel..The Latter Rain.. The results of its being withheld..

The present Winter Rain shown to be not the Latter Rain.. The present Deso-

lation of the Land, and the manner in which it has gradually come over the

Country.. The Terraces accounted for..Dr. Clarke's view noticed.. The future

Fertility of the Land..The Restoration of Israel..Jerusalem to be again

Blessed..The importance of Preparation for coming Judgment and Mercy..

APPENDIX-Dr. Robinson on the Early and Latter Rain,.

141-151