PAGE 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
THE chapters which compose this volume originally formed a series of letters, all of which passed through my hands. I prepared them for their first appearance in print, and corrected the proofs afterwards. Finally, it was at my suggestion and advice that they were gathered together in a book.