On these occasions, there are not only numerous broken heads, but some of the combatants are even frequently carried away dead.

The Turks generally find it necessary to interfere, to restore peace and order among the Christians.

What opinion can these nations, whom we call Infidels, have of us Christians, when they see with what hatred and virulence each sect of Christians pursues the other?
When will this dishonourable bigotry cease?
On the third day after my arrival at Jerusalem, a small caravan of six or seven travellers, two gentlemen namely, and their attendants, applied for admittance at our convent.

An arrival of this kind, particularly if the new-comers are Franks, is far too important to admit of our delaying the inquiry from what country the wanderers have arrived.

How agreeably was I surprised, when Father Paul came to me with the intelligence that these gentlemen were both Austrian subjects.