Chapter II: Introduction: xi

I. THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM 1

II. SHECHEM AND THE SAMARITANS 15

III. THE SURVEY OF SAMARIA 41

IV. THE GREAT PLAIN OF ESDRAELON 58

V. THE NAZARETH HILLS 71

VI. CARMEL AND ACRE 88

VII. SHARON 103

VIII. DAMASCUS, BAALBEK AND HERMON 121

IX. SAMSON’S COUNTRY 139

X. BETHLEHEM AND MAR SABA 145

XI. JERUSALEM 160

XII. THE TEMPLE AND CALVARY 182

XIII. JERICHO 199

XIV. THE JORDAN VALLEY 214

XV. HEBRON AND BEERSHEBA 236

XVI. THE LAND OF BENJAMIN 251

XVII. THE DESERT OF JUDAH 260

XVIII. THE SHEPHELAH AND PHILISTIA 273

XIX. GALILEE 289

XX. THE ORIGIN OF THE FELLAHÎN 298

XXI. LIFE AND HABITS OF THE FELLAHÎN 315

XXII. THE BEDAWÎN 336

XXIII. JEWS, RUSSIANS, AND GERMANS 350

XXIV. THE FERTILITY OF PALESTINE 364

XXV. THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE 375

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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TABOR--_Frontispiece_.

From the summit of Jebel Dŭhy. From a water-colour sketch by the Author.

TITLE-PAGE.

From a sketch by the Author. A theodolite-party at work.

JACOB’S WELL 15

From a sketch made by the Author in the vault over the well; looking south.

TOMB OF PHINEHAS 41

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-west.

HEROD’S COLONNADE AT SAMARIA 43

From a photograph; looking east.

GUEST HOUSE 52

From a sketch by the Author made in the village of Kuriet-Jit.

VIEW FROM JENIN 58

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking north.

CHURCH OF ST. ANNE, AT SEFFURIEH 71

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

CARMEL 88

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking west from near the village of Mujeidil.

CONSTANTINE’S BASILICA AT BETHLEHEM 145

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

MAR SABA 157

From a photograph; looking north-east.

THE DOME OF THE ROCK 160

From a photograph; looking north.

THE TEMPLE WALL 182

From a sketch made by the Author in a chamber outside the west wall, near the north corner.

GILGAL 199

From a sketch made by the Author on the spot; the view is north-west, over the Plain of Jericho.

DEBIR 236

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-west.

THE VALLEY OF MICHMASH _to face_ 256

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.; looking east.

ENGEDI 260

From a sketch by the Author; looking south.

GATH 273

From a sketch by the Author; looking south-east.

COLUMBARIA, NEAR BEIT JIBRÎN 275

From a photograph by Lieut. Kitchener, R.E.

THE SEA OF GALILEE 289

From a water-colour sketch by the Author; looking north from Kaukab el Hawa.

A DERWÎSH 298

From a sketch by the Author.

COSTUMES OF MOSLEM PEASANTRY NEAR SHECHEM 315

From a sketch by the Author.

MALE DANCERS 325

From a sketch by the Author.

A BEDAWI WOMAN 336

From a coloured sketch by the Author.

HAIFA 364

From a water-colour drawing by the Author. View from the shore west of the German Colony; looking east.