Language, daily, of the Syrian, is Biblical, 87-90; abstinence from "pious, " in America, 90. _See_ Speech. _Lap_, in the Bible, 267. Last Supper, the, 56-69, 74; in harmony with Syrian life, 56, 57; painted by da Vinci in Occidental form, 58, 59; appointments of, were Oriental, 59-69; no women at, 207, 334; conversation of Jesus and Peter after, 399. Leaven, parable of the, 149, 199; held in esteem by the Syrians, 150; the meaning _corruption_ figurative, 152; use of, in making bread, 199. Lent, 233-38. Leopards, 307. Levite, the story of the, 211, 212, 219-21. Life, of a people, cannot be studied from the outside, 7-11; to the Oriental an inheritance, 242. _Like_ ("to be favorably inclined toward"), not in the Bible or the Arabic tongue, 98; in English version of the Bible, 98. Literature, difficult to understand if it has not sprung from the people's racial life, 6; the Bible as, 7. Loaves, parable of the three, 214-17. Locusts, 292-94. Lord's Prayer, the, 196. Love, of enemies, 96-106; not of our own making, 97; meaning of, in the West, 98; meaning of, in the East, 98-102; speaks of the greatest thing in the world, 103; and hatred, 104-06; assurances of, 182. Man-child, birth of, 27-29. _Marafeh_, feast of the, 233-37. Market-place, Syrian, and the caravan, 259; a place of sociability as well as business, 263, 264; measuring grain in, 265-68. Marriage in the East, 348-50. Marriage wishes, 23, 24. Martha, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335. Mary, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335; Jesus and, 340-45. Maternity, pilgrimage for, 12-16. _Mathel_, meaning of, 140. Mattresses, 216. Measure, the generous, 265-68. Measurer, the, 265-68. Mecca, 47. _Melleh_ (cakes), 374, 375. Merchants, muleteer, 269, 273. Metaphor, Oriental fondness for, 118. _Midd_ (a wooden measure), 265, 266. Miracles, 20, 21, 384-87. Mocking of the afflicted, 381-83. Modesty the chief charm of the Oriental woman, 332. Mohammedans, pilgrimages of, 47; oaths of, 169, 170; position of women among, 318 n., 331. Molasses, the method of making, in the East, 285. Money-lenders, 123-25. Mortar, 379. Mother, claiming same obedience as father, 335, 336; Jesus and his, 340-45; the mother's milk, 345-47. _Mouldy_, in translation of the Bible, 251. Mount Zion, meeting in the upper room on, 56-69. Muleteer, merchants, 269, 273. Mustache, swearing by, 171-73. Mysticism, 41, 42. Nativity, narrative of the, 37, 41-44. Nazarite (_nedher_), 16, 18. _Nezel_, 62. Oaks, 376. Oaths. _See_ Imprecations, Swearing. Obedience, filial, 51-55, 335, 336. Oil, miraculous increase of, 384-86. Open space, the, in Syrian villages, 210. Optimism, 45.