Chapter XV

Mountains of Lebanon. ―― Grand Scenery. ―― Sublime View. ――
Mountain Traveling. ―― Scriptural Allusions. ―― Cedars of
Lebanon. ―― Their Number, Appearance, and symbolic Character.
―― Population of the Mountains. ―― Districts and Peculiarities
of the Druzes and Maronites. ―― New Road. ―― Crossing the
Mountains. ―― Plain of the Bukâ’a. ―― Leontes. ―― A swollen
River. ―― Ancient Cities. ―― Imposing Cavalcade. ―― Wives of
the Pasha of Damascus. ―― First View of Damascus. ―― Splendor
and Enjoyments of the Interior of the City. ―― Great Plain
of Damascus. ―― Abana and Pharpar. ―― Scene of St. Paul’s
Conversion. ―― City without Ruins. ―― Antiquity and thrilling
History of Damascus. ―― House of Judas. ―― Home of Ananias.
―― “Street called Straight.” ―― Naaman’s Palace. ―― Tombs of
the Great. ―― Location of Damascus. ―― Walls and Gates. ―― Old
Castle. ―― Great Mosque. ―― Gardens of Damascus. ―― Commerce
of the City. ―― Curiosities in the Bazars. ―― Population.
―― Christian Citizens. ―― Origin of the Massacre of 1860. ――
Its Progress. ―― Terrible Scenes. ―― American Vice-Consul.
―― Ruins. ―― Sad Results. ―― Defense of the Christians by
Abd-el-Kader. ―― Visit to the Chieftain of Algiers. ―― Our
Reception. ―― Testimonials. ―― His Appearance. ―― Conclusion.
―― Political History of Palestine. ―― Its Condition under the
Turks. ―― It is now in a Transition State. ―― Possessions of
European Nations. ―― Future of the Holy Land. ―― Christian
Missions. ―― Decline of Mohammedanism. ―― Religious Liberty.
―― Future Glory.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Jerusalem
Maps of Southern and Northern Palestine
Immense Stones of Solomon’s Age
Golden Gate――Interior View
Mount Zion and Tower of Hippicus
Jews’ Place of Wailing
Solomon’s Bridge
Mount Moriah, with a View of the Mosque of Omar
Solomon’s subterranean Passage-way
Tombs of the Judges
Tombs of the Kings
Absalom’s Pillar restored
Tombs in the Valley of Jehoshaphat
Fountain of the Virgin
Pool of Siloam
Lower Pool of Gihon
Pool of Hezekiah
Bethany
Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives
Via Dolorosa and the Arch of the Ecce Homo
Church of the Holy Sepulchre――Front View
View of the Holy Sepulchre
Ground Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
View of Modern Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives
Raven
Plain of Jericho and View of the Dead Sea, from the North
Shooting the Rapids
Dead Sea
Masada
Convent of Mâr Sâba
View of Bethlehem
Cave of the Nativity
Interior of the Church of the Nativity
Tomb of Herod the Great――Herodium
Hebron
Urtâs
Solomon’s Pools
Gaza
Ruins of Askelon
Ashdod
Joppa from the North
Ramleh, or the “Look-out”
Church of St. George
Gibeon
Nablous
Jacob’s Well
Samǎria
Ancient Cæsarea
Women grinding at a Mill
Arab Encampment
Jezreel
Nain
Mount Tabor
Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee
Ruins and Tombs of Gadara
Plain of Gennesaret and Home of Mary Magdalene
Upper Jordan
“Valley of the Pigeons”
Nazareth
Acre from the East
Ladder of Tyre
Tyre
Has el-’Aĭn
Tomb of Hiram
Sidon
Cedars of Lebanon