Syria and the Holy Land - their scenery and their people - incidents of travel, &c. from the best and most recent authorities (1844) (14592147779)

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Title: Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &c. from the best and most recent authorities
Year: 1844 (1840s)
Authors: Kelly, Walter Keating
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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dern Samaritans—Affecting appeal—History of this people—Their synagogue ; MSS. ; priests—Superstitions—Traditions — Djezzar Pasha — Samaritans in England—Their belief and expectations—Their opinion of our Saviour—Ruins ofSebaste—Church of St. John—Sanur—View over the plain of Esdraelon—Jenin—Zerin the ancient Jezreel—Beisan, the Bethshan of Scripture—Bedouin horsemanship—Depredation and summary punishment—Mode ofCorn threshing in Syria—Utility of the dung beetle—The soil of Palestine 422—435 CHAPTER XXXI. Countries east op the Jordan—Little frequented by travellers—Ruins, tombs,stone doors—The Haouran—Roman mansion of Nedjraun—Architecturalmagnificence—The Szaffa—Population of the Haouran—Habits of life—Hospitality—Agriculture—Serving for a wife — Christian wedding — TheDruses—Female frailty ; shocking anecdote—Depopulation of the countrieseast of Jordan—Horses—Gilead and Bashan—Ruins of Gerash . 436—450
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I.eyroot from the South. SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND. CHAPTER I. Arrival in Syria—Remarks on the country Beyroot.—Its inhabitants.—Life in the streets.— Turning an honest penny.—Scenes and incidents witnessed in the winter of 1840-1.—Christian and Moslem monks and saints. rpHE traveller, whose good fortune it has been to make his first approach-*- to Syria by sea, and to land at Beyroot, must always esteem it a happycoincidence that the most frequented port on all the coast is likewise pre-cisely the point where a man of taste and quick feeling would choose toreceive his first impressions of the country. Long before the vessel nearsthe shore, the sunlit peaks and wavy ridges of Lebanon are seen marking theblue sky, while its sides are hid from sight by the haze upon the waters;by and by the craggy masses of the mountain come forth like airy promon-tories ; the eye gradually distinguishes the deep and dark valleys that cleaveits flanks; the rocky crests assume a bolder outline;