Excerpt from The Tent and the Khan: A Journey to Sinai and PalestineFully aware of the number of volumes which of late years have issued from the press on Palestine and the adjoining countries, I long declined to add another to the list. But being still urged by many kind, though I fear too partial, friends, to put into their hands the narrative of a journey undertaken solely for my own private instruction and better comprehension of the topography of Scripture, I have at last consented, in the hope of being thus enabled to minister to others a part of the benefit Which I obtained by a personal inspection of localities dear to every Christian heart.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.