A winter pilgrimage : being an account of travels through Palestine, Italy, and the island of Cyprus, accomplished in the year 1900 . Mount Tabor. Roman Catholic Convent with Ruins on Mount Tabor THE SEA OF GALILEE 235 de la Transfiguration, now in charge of the learnedPere Barnabe, , Missionaire Apostolique, and anassistant brother. The Father had not returned fromsome expedition when we arrived, but, upon presentingour introduction, his subordinate entertained us kindly. We inquired at once for the fresh horses that ourAmerican friend had so generously promised to sendto meet us here.
A winter pilgrimage : being an account of travels through Palestine, Italy, and the island of Cyprus, accomplished in the year 1900 . Mount Tabor. Roman Catholic Convent with Ruins on Mount Tabor THE SEA OF GALILEE 235 de la Transfiguration, now in charge of the learnedPere Barnabe, , Missionaire Apostolique, and anassistant brother. The Father had not returned fromsome expedition when we arrived, but, upon presentingour introduction, his subordinate entertained us kindly. We inquired at once for the fresh horses that ourAmerican friend had so generously promised to sendto meet us here. Our chagrin may be imagined whenwe learned that these horses arrived on the previousday, but, as we were not there, had returned to Nazareth,or, for aught we knew, to Jerusalem. Indeed this wasnothing short of a blow to us, since to attempt thejourney across the plain of Esdraelon and the mountainsbeyond upon our weary crocks would be a bold under-taking. What made the disappointment more tiresomealso, was the certainty that it had not been broughtabout by chance since, to our knowledge, the dragomanin charge of the horses had received stri
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