Appointed chaplain to the English factory at Aleppo—Sets out
on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem—Crosses the Orontes—Wretched
village—Inhospitable villagers—Takes refuge from a tempest in
a Mussulman tomb—Distant view of Latichen—Syrian worshippers
of Venus—Tripoli—River of Adonis—Maronite convents—Palace
and gardens of Fakreddin—Sidon—Cisterns of Solomon—Mount
Carmel—Plains of Esdraelon—Dews of Hermon—Jerusalem—Jericho—The
Jordan—The Dead Sea—Apples of Sodom—Bethlehem—Mount
Lebanon—Damascus—Baalbec—The cedars—Returns to
Aleppo—Conclusion 305