Ten or twenty such figs are frequently found adhering to a single leaf.
I could not conceive how it happened that in these hot countries, without rain to refresh them, the trees all looked so healthy and beautiful.

This fact, I found, was owing to the numerous channels cut through the gardens, which are thus artificially irrigated.

The heavy dews and cool nights also tend to restore the drooping vegetation.

One great ornament of our gardens was, however, totally wanting--a lawn with wild flowers.

Trees and vegetables here grow out of the sandy or stony earth, a circumstance hardly noticed at a distance, but which produces a disagreeable effect on a near view.
Flowers I found none.
The whole region round Joppa is so covered with sand, that one sinks ankle-deep at every step.
Consul D--- fulfils the duties of two consulates, the Austrian and the French.