Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, east of the River Jordan: including a visit to the cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis . uld tell us any thing regarding it. Equally ignorant were such of the Mohammedans as we ques- * Deinde venerunt Alarixa; de Alarixa in Rainula, juxta quam est nionasteriumbeati Georgii Martyris, ubi ipse requiescit. Bernardus de Locis Sanctis. Anno Reland. p. 959. 170 ^ISIT TO RAMLAH. tioned of the tomb of Lockman the sage, a man as celebratedamono them for his wisdom, as St. Georo;e is with us for hisvalour. * On our retu
Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, east of the River Jordan: including a visit to the cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis . uld tell us any thing regarding it. Equally ignorant were such of the Mohammedans as we ques- * Deinde venerunt Alarixa; de Alarixa in Rainula, juxta quam est nionasteriumbeati Georgii Martyris, ubi ipse requiescit. Bernardus de Locis Sanctis. Anno Reland. p. 959. 170 ^ISIT TO RAMLAH. tioned of the tomb of Lockman the sage, a man as celebratedamono them for his wisdom, as St. Georo;e is with us for hisvalour. * On our return to the convent, we found every thing ready forthe prosecution of our journey, and thanking the friars for theirhospitality, we mounted our mules, and set forward on our way. * Le cliapitre 31. de 1Alcoran, qui porte le noni de Locman, sappelle SouratLokman. Maliomet y fait parler Dieu, qui dit ces paroles. Lecadatina Locmanalhecmat. Nous avons donne la sagesse a Locman. Lauteur du Tarikh Mon-tekheb ecrit que le sepulcre de Locman, se voyoit encore de son temps a Ramlah ouRamah, petite ville que nest pas eloignee de Jerusalem. Bib. Orient, torn. 2. p. CHAPTER X. JOURNEY FROM RAMLAH, THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, TO JERUSALEM. AVe left the town of Ramlah through a road again bordered by tlieprickly-pear, and continued over a fine plain until nine oclock,when we began to ascend, but gently, over land that was partiallycultivated. At ten, we came to rugged hills, and saw on the left,in one or two places, vestiges of old Gothic buildings. Passing the first range of hills, we came to a long narrow defile,in which we met a number of Mohammedan pilgrims, chieflyBarbary Arabs, returning from ^lecca by way of Damascus and z 2 172 JOURNEY FROM RAMLAH, Jerusalem ; there were some few women among them, who wereall barefoot and miserably dressed ; and there was only one camelto carry the baggage of the whole party. From hence we went up a steep ascent, and passing a smallbuilding on the le
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