_Voyage down the Nile to Damiatt — Vegetation — Papyrus — Commerce — Cruelty of the Mamlûk government — Voyage to Yaffé — Description of Yaffé — Rama — Jerusalem — Mendicants — Tombs of the kings — Bethlehem — Agriculture — Naplosa — Samaria — Mount Tabor._ 351 CHAP. XXIII. GALILEE — ACCA. _Improvements by Jezzâr — Trade — Taxes — White Promontory, and River Leontes — Tyre — Seide — Earthquake — Kesrawan — Syrian wines — Beirût — Anchorage — Provisions — River Adonis — Antûra — Harrîse — Tripoli — Ladakia — Journey to Aleppo, or Haleb._ 366 CHAP. XXIV. OBSERVATIONS AT HALEB. _Sherîfs and Janizaries — Manufactures and commerce — Quarries — Price of provisions — New sect — Journey to Antioch — Description of antient Seleucia — Return to Haleb._ 384 CHAP. XXV. JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS. _Entrance of the Hadjîs — Topography of Damascus — Trade and manufactures — Population — Observations on the depopulation of the East — Government and manners of Damascus — Charitable foundations — Anecdotes of recent history — Taxes — Price of provisions — Sacred caravan._ 394 CHAP. XXVI. _Journey from Damascus to Balbec — Syriac language — Balbec — Recent discoveries — Zahhlé — Printing-office — Houses of Damascus — Return to Aleppo._ 405 CHAP. XXVII. _Journey from Aleppo towards Constantinople — Route — Aintâb — Mount Taurus — Bostan — Inhabitants, their manners and dress — Kaisarîa — Angora — Walls and antiquities — Angora goats — Manufactures — Topography — Journey to Ismît — Topography — General remarks concerning Anatolia or Asia Minor._ 410 CHAP. XXVIII. _Observations at Constantinople — Paswân Oglo — Character of the present Sultan — State of learning — Public libraries — Turkish taste — Coals — Greek printing-house — Navy — Return to England._ 419 CHAP. XXIX. _Comparative view of life and happiness in the East and in Europe._ 425 APPENDIX. No. I. _Illustration of Maps_ Page 445 II. _Itineraries_ 451 III. _Meteorological Table_ 473 IV. _Remarks on the works of Savary and Volney_ 481 V. _Remarks on the recent French accounts of Egypt_ 486