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C O N T E N T S.

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INTRODUCTION 11
 
 
P A R T   F I R S T.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE.
 
 
C H A P T E R   I.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
§ 1. The Land Promised to Abraham 19
§ 2. The Land Inhabited by Israel 20
§ 3. The Maritime Plain 22
§ 4. The Hill Country of Judea 24
§ 5. The Plain of Esdra'lelon and Adjoining Plains 26
§ 6. The Hills of Galilee 29
§ 7. The Valley of the Jordan 30
§ 8. The Dead Sea 36
§ 9. Beyond the Jordan 42
 
C H A P T E R   I I.
THE CLIMATE, SOIL, AND PRODUCTIONS.
§ 1. Climate 45
§ 2. Soil of the Various Sections 49
§ 3. Products of the Soil 50
§ 4. Domestic Animals 63
§ 5. Wild Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, Insects, and Fishes 71
 
C H A P T E R   I I I.
THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.
§ 1. The Turks 76
§ 2. The Jews 78
§ 3. The Bed'awin Arabs 79
§ 4. The Fel'lahin 84
§ 5. The Native Christians 89
§ 6. Europeans 91
 
C H A P T E R   I V.
MODES OF AGRICULTURE.
§ 1. Ploughing and Sowing 92
§ 2. Harvesting, Threshing, and Grinding 94
§ 3. Tenure of Lands 99
 
C H A P T E R   V.
MODES OF ARCHITECTURE.
§ 1. Building Materials 103
§ 2. Architecture of the Cities 105
§ 3. Architecture of the Villages 106
§ 4. Sacred Buildings 108
 
C H A P T E R   V I.
SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC HABITS OF THE PEOPLE.
§ 1. Marriage and Divorce 111
§ 2. Care of Children 112
§ 3. Preparation of Food 114
§ 4. Household Furniture 116
§ 5. Personal Habits 118
§ 6. Amusements 120
§ 7. Funerals and Burial-Places 122
 
C H A P T E R   V I I.
STATE OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION.
§ 1. Education among the Moslem 132
§ 2. Education among the Greeks and Latins 134
§ 3. Condition of Mohammedanism 135
§ 4. The Labors of Missionaries 139
 
 
P A R T   S E C O N D.
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE.
 
 
C H A P T E R   I.
JERUSALEM.
§ 1. The Original City 143
§ 2. The City under Solomon 146
§ 3. Addition, by the Successors of Solomon 151
§ 4. Its Destruction by Titus and its Later History 155
§ 5. Its Present Walls, Hills, and Valleys 158
§ 6. Its Streets, Public Buildings, etc. 165
§ 7. The Har'am 176
§ 8. The Pools or Jerusalem 189
§ 9. The Environs of Jerusalem 202
 
C H A P T E R   I I.
PLACES WITH JERUSALEM AS A CENTRE.
§ 1. On the Road to Bethlehem 214
§ 2. Bethlehem and its Vicinity 217
§ 3. Solomon's Pools and Aqueduct 222
§ 4. Toward the Dead Sea and the Jordan 231
§ 5. In the Hills of Benjamin 235
§ 6. In the Western Hills 243
 
C H A P T E R   I I I.
PLACES WITH HEBRON AS A CENTRE.
§ 1. Hebron and its Suburbs 247
§ 2. From Hebron to the Dead Sea 252
§ 3. From Hebron to Beer'sheba 256
§ 4. From Hebron to Beth'-shemesh 258
 
C H A P T E R   I V.
PLACES IN THE MARITIME PLAIN.
§ 1. In the Land of the Philis'tines 264
§ 2. In the Plain of Sha'ron 269
 
C H A P T E R   V.
PLACES WITH SHE'CHEM AS A CENTRE.
§ 1. Between Bethel and She'chem 279
§ 2. She'chem and its Environs 288
§ 3. Places West and North of She'chem 294
 
C H A P T E R   V I.
PLACES ABOUT THE PLAIN OF ESDRA'ELON.
§ 1. On the Eastern Border 298
§ 2. On the Southern Border 306
§ 3. On the Plain of A'cre 309
 
C H A P T E R   V I I.
PLACES IN GALILEE.
§ 1. Nazareth and its Vicinity 313
§ 2. About the Lake of Galilee 319
§ 3. North of the Lake of Galilee 330
 
C H A P T E R   V I I I.
PLACES ALONG THE JORDAN AND BEYOND.
§ 1. In the Plain of Jericho and the Plain of Moab 339
§ 2. In the Upper Sections of the Jordan Valley 350
§ 3. In the Uplands beyond the Jordan 355
 
C H A P T E R   I X.
AN ARGUMENT FROM THE AGREEMENT OF THE LAND AND THE BOOK 375
 
 
P A R T   T H I R D.
LETTERS OF TRAVEL.
 
 
L E T T E R   I.
Leaving Home and Crossing the Atlantic 387
 
L E T T E R   I I.
Through England and France into Italy 397
 
L E T T E R   I I I.
Rome, Naples, Vesuvius, Pompeii 407
 
L E T T E R   I V.
Egypt: The Pyramids 419
 
L E T T E R   V.
Egypt: The Sphinx, the Tombs, and the Red Sea 432
 
L E T T E R   V I.
The Peninsula of Mount Sinai 444
 
L E T T E R   V I I.
From Suez to Jerusalem 455
 
L E T T E R   V I I I.
Beyond the Jordan 457
 
L E T T E R   I X.
The Hot Springs, the Plain of Shittim, and Return to Jerusalem 481
 
L E T T E R   X.
Bethlehem, Solomon's Pools, Hebron, and En-gedi 488
 
L E T T E R   X I.
Beer'-sheba, Edom, and Philistia 494
 
L E T T E R   X I I.
From Jerusalem to She'chem 502
 
L E T T E R   X I I I.
From She'chem to the Lake of Galilee 510
 
L E T T E R   X I V.
From Tiberias to Tyre 520
 
L E T T E R   X V.
From Tyre to Sidon 531
 
L E T T E R   X V I.
From Sidon to Mount Hermon 540
 
L E T T E R   X V I I.
Damascus 550
 
L E T T E R   X V I I I.
From Damascus to Beirut 560
 
L E T T E R   X I X.
From Beirut to the Seven Churches of Asia 572
 
L E T T E R   X X.
Sardis, Thyatira, Pergamos, and Smyrna 581
 
L E T T E R   X X I.
Constantinople and Athens 594
 
L E T T E R   X X I I.
Homeward Bound 607
 
 
A P P E N D I X.
DR. VARTAN'S OBSERVATIONS AT NAZARETH 617

 

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