The Feast of the Passover on Mt. Gerizim 148 Pulling tares from the wheat 149 The camel blubbers as his hair is clipped 149 Why Palestinians use camels for ploughing 156 Modern farm machinery in the Jewish colony 156 The sheep that was lost is found 157 Colonists terrace the hillsides with stone walls 160 Picking almonds 161 An avenue of cypresses and palms 164 A carpenter shop in Nazareth 165 Nazareth lies in a little amphitheatre 172 The boys of Nazareth are friendly 172 Mr. Carpenter and the Water Pot of Cana 173 We cross the Sea of Galilee 176 The arched Gate of Tiberias 177 Fish from the Sea of Galilee 180 Capernaum—the city of prophecy fulfilled 180 The colonists do much of their own work 181 Making the bread of Bible times 188 A colonist’s home near Lake Merom 189 A prayer niche in the Grand Mosque 192 Where Fatima lies buried in Damascus 193 A place of trees with a river flowing between 196 The Wall of St. Paul in Damascus 196 Shopping in the Street called Straight 197 The men come together in the horse market 204 “O Allah, send customers,” cry the bread-sellers 204 Spinning wool into thread for a rug 205 The transportation monopoly of the Bedouin 208 At the end of the Bookseller’s Bazaar 209 The street dress of the women of Damascus 224 Mr. Carpenter and the Columns at Baalbek 225 The portal of the Temple of Bacchus 228 The mighty columns of the Temple of the Sun 229 The nomad Bedouins live in brown tents 236 A lonely grove of Lebanon cedars 237 Only a few of the great trees are left 240 Tree-lined avenues lead out of Beirut 241 The American University at Beirut 244 Stones carried up on the backs of camels 244 A view of Beirut 245 The ruins of the City of Diana 252 Storks build their nests in the palaces of Ephesus 252 Giving the silkworms their breakfast 253 Armenian children make themselves useful 256 Getting the Armenians back to the land 257 A cradle of Armenia 260 American flour sacks serve a double purpose 260