. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. 4). Thence it runs via(1 hr.) Hadeth to Beirut, l/2 ^r- The liriille-path (2/2hrs.) continues tn follow the plain, crosses f35min.)the Wddi Shutcei/dt, and reaches C/z hr.) the Aniir el-Ghadir. We soonenter the mulberry-plantations and gardens of Keirut. In 35 min. we passthe well Sir Huseini (chapel of St. Joseph). We now traverse pine-planta-tions (p. 279), and at length (1 hr.) reach Beirut (see below). 35. Beirut and its Environs. Arrival and Departure. The steamers cast anchor in the H

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. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. 4). Thence it runs via(1 hr.) Hadeth to Beirut, l/2 ^r- The liriille-path (2/2hrs.) continues tn follow the plain, crosses f35min.)the Wddi Shutcei/dt, and reaches C/z hr.) the Aniir el-Ghadir. We soonenter the mulberry-plantations and gardens of Keirut. In 35 min. we passthe well Sir Huseini (chapel of St. Joseph). We now traverse pine-planta-tions (p. 279), and at length (1 hr.) reach Beirut (see below). 35. Beirut and its Environs. Arrival and Departure. The steamers cast anchor in the Harbour(PI. F, G, i). The landing (boat 2 fr. each; cheaper, by arrangement,for a party) is conducted in a more orderly fashion than at Jaffa. Thehotels and tourist-companies send their agents on board. The Douane(PI. F, 1), where the passports and luggage are examined (comp. pp. xxiii,xxiv), is close to the landing-place of the steamers. The Steamboat Officesare also close at hand : Austrian^ in the street behind the house of OrosdiBeg; Egyptian^ opposite the custom-housej French and Eutsian, in the. Gravp * imprim^ p;

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