Chapter XIII

The banks and thickets of the Jordan--Bathing-place--The Greek
convent--A night of adventures in the plains of Jericho--The
modern village--Ancient fertility--Possible restoration--
Elisha’s fountain--_Wady Kelt_--The Mountain of Temptation--
The path to Zion 169

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Arab Sheikh _Frontispiece_

Tiberias from the Sea _Facing_ iii

Damascus from Minaret ” vii

Pilgrimage leaving Damascus ” 2

The Cook’s Tent ” 8

Treading out the Corn ” 14

“Wild Ishmaelitish Men” ” 25

Peasant Ploughman ” 33

Well in the Desert ” 47

Shuhba: Baths and Roman Pavement ” 54

Kanawât: Ruins of Temple ” 66

Kanawât: Sculptured Doorway in Temple ” 70

Sheyûkh ed-Druze: a Council of War ” 83

Bozrah: Bab el-Howa ” 102

Bozrah: at the Cross Ways ” 114

Palestinian Shepherd and Flock ” 122

Arab Camp in Gilead ” 126

Arab Women and Children ” 133

Arabs at Home ” 136

Arab Horseman ” 140

Jerash: Gateway ” 145

Jerash: Temple of the Sun ” 148

Jerash: Street of Columns ” 152

Jerash: General View ” 154

Gorge of the Jabbok ” 156

Rumamain ” 159

Es-Salt: the Fountain ” 162

Jordan, showing Terraces ” 164

Fords of Jordan: Pilgrims Bathing ” 170

Elisha’s Fountain ” 175

Mouth of Wady Kelt ” 178

MAP ” xii