Arrival at Nazareth--Franciscan convent--Tabarith-- Mount Tabor--Lake of Gennesareth--Baths--Mount Carmel--Grotto of the prophet Elijah--Acre--The pacha's harem--Oriental women--Their listlessness and ignorance--Sur or Tyre CHAPTER XI.

River Mishmir--Saida--Arnauts--Desert-path-- Residence of Lady Hester Stanhope--Beyrout--The consul's-- Uncomfortable quarters--Sickness--The Bazaar--Vexatious delays-- Departure from Beyrout--Beautiful views--Syrian costumes--Damascus-- Aspect of the city--House of the consul CHAPTER XII.

The bazaar at Damascus--The khan--Grotto of St.
Paul--Fanaticism of the inhabitants--Departure from Damascus--The desert--Military escort--Heliopolis or Balbeck--Stupendous ruins-- Continuation of our voyage through the desert--The plague--The Lebanon range--Cedar-trees--Druses and Maronites--Importunate beggars--Thievish propensities of the Arabs CHAPTER XIII.

The Lebanon--Druses and Maronites--Illness of Herr Sattler--Djebel or Byblus--Rocky passes--Dog's-river--Return to Beyrout--Sickness--Departure for Alexandria--Roguery of the captain-- Disagreeables on board--Limasol--Alarm of pirates--Cowardice of the crew--Arrival at Alexandria CHAPTER XIV.

Alexandria--Keeping quarantine--Want of arrangement in the quarantine-house--Bad water--Fumigating of the rooms-- Release--Aspect of the city--Departure by boat for Atfe--Mehemet Ali--Arrival at Atfe--Excellence of the Nile water--Good-nature of the Arab women--The Delta of the Nile--The Libyan desert--The pyramids--Arrival at Cairo CHAPTER XV.