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This travelogue, by the author of A Ride Through Palestine and The Seven Churches of Asia, describes a ride across the plains from Port Said, guided by a Bedouin Sheikh, stopping at Tiberias on Lake Galilee before journeying on to Damascus. The author gives an account of points of interest encountered en route, outlining their history. From Damascus, the journey continues into the Lebanon, taking in Baalbec and Beirut. First published in 1887,...

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Excerpt from Ride Through Syria to Damascus and Baalbec, and Ascent of Mount HermonLand, because we did not expect to find it still, as in ancient days, a land of milk and honey. The cisterns are broken and the waters run to waste, the walls of the vine yards are cast down, the very soil has disappeared from the once fertile terraced heights, the wine presses are covered with weeds, the defenced cities are all a ruin but, in spite of all this ...

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Excerpt from Ride Through Syria to Damascus and Baalbec, and Ascent of Mount Hermon Our "Ride through Palestine" did not exhaust our enthusiasm for the East, we were not, as some travellers have been, disappointed with "The Holy Land, " because we did not expect to find it still, as in ancient days, "a land of milk and honey." The cisterns are broken and the waters run to waste, the walls of the vineyards are cast down, the very soil has disa...

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