Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . LONDON:CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND. MDCOCXLIV. ERRATA. Page 49, 14 lines from bottom, for right, read rite.„ 98, 17 lines from top, for miles, read minutes.„ 147, 21 lines from bottom, for feud, read feuds. lcndov:bradbury and evans, prfntbrs, whitefrfars. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. page Arrival in Syria—First impressions—General remarks—Beyroot—Bazaars—Costume—Creeds—Arab bargaining—Sumptuous attire—Usury; a cat loadof merchandise—Scenes and incidents in the winter of 1840
Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . LONDON:CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND. MDCOCXLIV. ERRATA. Page 49, 14 lines from bottom, for right, read rite.„ 98, 17 lines from top, for miles, read minutes.„ 147, 21 lines from bottom, for feud, read feuds. lcndov:bradbury and evans, prfntbrs, whitefrfars. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. page Arrival in Syria—First impressions—General remarks—Beyroot—Bazaars—Costume—Creeds—Arab bargaining—Sumptuous attire—Usury; a cat loadof merchandise—Scenes and incidents in the winter of 1840-1—Albanianor Arnaout soldiery—Syrian females—Bedouins — Horse-jockeying — APashas cavalcade— Signal fires on Lebanon—A saintly beard—St. Georgeand the dragon—Moslem saints ...*.. 1—20 CHAPTER II. Syrian Dwelling-houses.—Their form and arrangement intimately connectedwith the social and moral peculiarities of the land—Flat roofs ; love pas-sages ; the Englishman in Damascus—Vermin . . 21—27 CHAPTER III. Environs of Beyroot—Lebanon—Domestic groups—White mulberrysyriaholylandthe00kell
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