Rameses, treasure city of Pharaoh, 8. Religions, strength of the different, 110. Robert College, Constantinople, influence of, 253. Roses, Valley of, 140. Rothschild, Baron Edward, founds Jewish colonies in Palestine, 171, 174, 176. Ruins, the world’s mighty, 233. Russian hospice, the, 53. Russians, chief pilgrims to the Holy Land, 53. Saladin, tomb of, at Damascus, 211. Samaritans, among the, 149. Samson’s fight with the Philistines, place of, 26. Samuel, Tomb of, 154. St. Helena, locates place of the Crucifixion, 51. St. Stephen, place of the stoning of, 45. St. Paul, tracing footsteps of, 211; place of his escape over wall of Damascus, 213. St. Peter and his dream, 20. Schools of Nazareth, the, 184. Scopus, Mount, 154. Sea of Galilee, 131, 187. Seilum, the ancient Shiloh, 155. Sepulchre of Christ, the, 91. Seth, tomb of, 247. Shechem, one of the oldest towns of history, 157. Sheep, the fat-tailed variety, 141, 160. Shepherds, Field of the, 142. Shiloh, now called Seilum, 155. Shops of Jerusalem, smallness of the, 113. Silk production in Syria, 268. Siloam, Pool of, 35, 44. Simon the Tanner, house of, 20. Skull, Place of the, 154. Smyrna, largest city in Asia Minor, 267. Sodom and Gomorrah, sites of, 137. Solomon, Pools of, now a poor water supply, 34. Solomon’s Temple, lumber for, landed at Jaffa, 17, 66, 241; Mosque of Omar on site of, 36, 48; site of, 45; holiest spot on the globe, 57; dimensions of, 67. Souvenirs, the purchase of, 222. Spaffordites, colony of the, in Palestine, 173. Sphinx, legend of the Holy Family at the, 11. Stone of Unction, the, 49, 89. Storekeepers of Jerusalem, 111. Street called Straight, the, at Damascus, 212; shopping in, 214. Suk Wadi Baroda, on Damascus-Beirut railway, 246. Superstitions of the Jews, 78. Syria under the British, 280. Tabernacle of Moses, site of, 65. Taxes and their collection in Palestine, 167. Temples of Baalbek, 233. Tiberias on Sea of Galilee, 193. Tomb of Christ, the, 90; of Dorcas, 21; Fatima, 210; of Lazarus, 123; of Noah, 247; of Rachel, 142; of Saladin, 211; of Samuel, 154; of Seth, 247. Tower of Babel, at Baalbek, 234. Tower of David, the, 36. Tuberculosis among the Bedouin tribes, 260. Unction, Stone of, 49, 89. United Presbyterian Church, educational institutions of, in Nile Valley, 252. Valley of Roses, 140. Veiled women of Damascus, the, 223. Virgin Mary, jewel-covered image of, at Jerusalem, 50. Washing the feet, ceremony of, 95. Watch towers of Jerusalem, the, 43. Water supply, by scanty wells and cisterns, 34. Weddings, in cemeteries, 82. Well of the Magi, 141. Wilhelm II, breach in wall of Jerusalem in honour of, 139; places golden wreath on tomb of Saladin, 211; his trip through the Holy Land, 233, 250.