They are Arnauts, a wild, savage race of men, who appear to be regarded with more dread by the inhabitants than the wandering tribes whose incursions they are intended to repress.
We pitched our tents on a little hill immediately outside the town.
Few things are more disagreeable to the traveller than being compelled to bivouac near a town or village in the East.

All the inhabitants, both young and old, flock round in order to examine the European caravan, which is a most unusual sight for them, as closely as possible.

They frequently even crowd into the tents, and it becomes necessary to expel the intruders almost by main force.

Not only are strangers excessively annoyed at being thus made a gazing- stock, but they also run a risk of being plundered.
Our cook had the good fortune to obtain a kid only three or four days old, which was immediately killed and at once boiled with rice.
We made a most sumptuous meal, for it was seldom we could get such good fare.
June 13th.
The morning sun found us already on horseback; we rode through the whole of the beautiful valley at the entrance of which Nablus lies.
The situation of this town is very charming.

The valley is not broad, and does not exceed a mile and a half in length; it is completely surrounded with low hills.