CONTENTS.

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Introduction vii
A Visit to Ephesus 1
The Ruins of Athlit 6
A Jewish Colony in its Infancy 11
The Temple Society 17
The Temple Colonies in Palestine 22
Exploring Mount Carmel 27
The Valley of the Martyrs 33
The Rock-hewn Cemetery of Sheik Abreik 38
Easter among the Melchites 43
The Jewish Question in Palestine 48
“Holy Places” in Galilee 53
Progress in Palestine 59
The First Palestine Railway 63
Safed 68
Meiron 72
The Feast of St. Elias 77
A Summer Camp on Carmel 82
The Druses of Mount Carmel 87
Exploration on Carmel 93
A Place Famous in History 98
The Babs and their Prophet 103
An Ancient Jewish Community 108
Domestic Life among the Syrians 114
Fishing on Lake Tiberias 119
A Visit to the Sulphur Springs of Amatha 125
Exploration of the Valley of the Yarmuk 130
Exploration on the Yarmuk 135
A Druse Religious Festival 139
The Great Festival of the Druses 145
Hattin and Irbid 152
The Jewish Feast of the Burning at Tiberias 157
House-building on Carmel 162
Domestic Life Among the Druses 168
Circassian Highwaymen.—A Druse Festival at Elijah's Altar 173
Armageddon.—The Bosnian Colony at Cæsarea 178
Cæsarea 186
Village Feuds 192
The Aristocracy of Mount Carmel 198
The Jordan Valley Canal 204
Local Politics and Progress 208
The Identification of Ancient Sites 213
The Sea of Galilee in the Time of Christ 218
The Scene of the Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Small Fishes 223
Capernaum and Chorazin 228
Discovery of an Ancient Synagogue 233
Characteristics of the Ruins of Synagogues 239
A Night Adventure Near the Lake of Tiberias 244
Khisfin 250
Further Exploration and Discovery 256
The Place where the Saviour Sent the Evil Spirits into the Herd of Swine 262
The Rock Tombs of Palestine 268
General Gordon's Last Visit to Haifa 274
The Convent of Carmel versus The Town of Haifa 281
Progress even in Palestine 285
The Recent Discovery of Gezer 290
Traditional Sites at Jerusalem 296
Traditional Sites at Jerusalem.—Continued 303
Progress in Jerusalem 309
The Three Jerichos 319
Modern Life in Palestine 325
Rambles in Palestine 332
Explorations in Palestine 339
Sacred Samaritan Records 345
The Ten Lost Tribes 352
Researches in Samaria 358
A Druse Father's Vengeance 364