They are arranged in European style, with very substantial pieces of furniture, among which neither sofas nor useful chests of drawers are wanting.
[Illustration 5.

Mount Carmel.

ill5.jpg] About an hour after we arrived our reverend hosts regaled us with a more sumptuous meal than any of which I had partaken since my departure from Constantinople.
In proportion as our fare had been meagre and our accommodation indifferent at Nazareth and Jerusalem, did we find every thing here excellent.

In an elegant dining-room stood a large table covered with a fine white cloth, on which cut glass and clean knives, forks, and china plates gleamed invitingly.

A servant in European garb placed some capital fast-day fare on the table (it was Friday), and a polite priest kept us company; but not in eating, for he rightly considered that such a hungry company would not require any example to fall to.
During the whole remainder of our journey through Syria this convent occupied a green spot in our memory.