. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . nghold of a great robberchief, who with his crew spread terror all over theneighbourhood. They were only captured by soldierswho were let down by ropes from the top of the chief muleteer and I with some difficulty got ourhorses up to the bottom of the almost precipitousascent to the castle, which begins at about one hundredyards below it, and scrambled up the rest of the way onfoot. It was impossible to ride down again, and I hadtherefore to walk all the way, and was rather upset bythe heat of
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . nghold of a great robberchief, who with his crew spread terror all over theneighbourhood. They were only captured by soldierswho were let down by ropes from the top of the chief muleteer and I with some difficulty got ourhorses up to the bottom of the almost precipitousascent to the castle, which begins at about one hundredyards below it, and scrambled up the rest of the way onfoot. It was impossible to ride down again, and I hadtherefore to walk all the way, and was rather upset bythe heat of the sun ; but George put me to rights bypouring water over my head from the brook, while Isat under the shadow of a wild fig tree. We set off again winding up the Wady Hammam,until taking a turn to the left, we ascended a steep hillto Hattin, which is the very filthiest mud village thatI ever saw. It is, however, surrounded with lovelyorchards, in which the pomegranates in full flower wereconspicuous. Passing through the village, we encampedabove it on the slope of the hills behind NORTH END OF THE SEA OF GALILEE. CHAPTER X. THE DRUSES. HATTIN AND MOUNT TABOR. From the top of Tabor you have a prospect which, if nothingelse, well rewards the labour of ascending it. It is impossible formans eyes to behold a higher gratification of this nature.—HenryMaundrell, 1697. IN the evening some Druses came to call on have a little mosque here, close to which our tents were pitched : and to this shrine pilgrimagesare made by Druses from other parts of Syria. Abouttwelve of these men came into our tent, sat down, andwere served with coffee ; the Druses do not were fine, handsome, pleasant-looking men,grave and sedate in manner, and very clean in invited us to see their mosque, which we promisedto do in the morning, and they insisted upon guardingour tents at night, and refused to accept any remunera-tion for doing so. When they had gone I rode up t
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