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Letters to the young from the Old World : $b Notes of travel — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Letters to the young from the Old World : $b Notes of travel

John Stuart Mill · en
CHAPTER VI.

    Venice.—A Gondola.—The Pigeons.—Trieste.—Piræus.—Athens.—Paul
    and Mars’ Hill.—Sickness.—From Athens to Smyrna.—Man
    Overboard.—A Lesson of Unselfishness.—Smyrna.—A Cruel
    Father.—Ephesus.—Paul’s Missionary Journey.—The
    Vesta.—Beyrut.—Jaffa Landing.                                      117

                               CHAPTER VII.

    Jaffa.—The Careless Camel.—Bible Characters who lived in
    Jaffa.—Jonah’s Temptation.—On the Way to the Holy City.—An
    Arab and his Plow.—Ramleh.—Lydda in the Distance.—Leprous
    People Begging.—Leprous People of Bible Times.—Camp-fire in
    the Cave.—Jerusalem.—Our Room.—Solomon’s Disobedience.—Tower
    of David.—The Stubborn Donkey.—Mohammedan Cemetery.—Mount of
    Olives.                                                            145

                              CHAPTER VIII.

    Bethany.—Bethlehem.—Rachel’s Tomb.—The Shepherd Boy.—Ruth
    and Naomi.—Garden of Gethsemane.—Departure from
    Jerusalem.—Yosef.—Jericho Road.—Ain-es-Sultan.—Morning
    Call.—Donkey Boy.—Dead Sea.—Along the Banks of the Jordan.—John
    the Baptist.—Bad Roads.                                            168

                               CHAPTER IX.

    Strange Kind of Fuel.—The Village Oven.—Women’s Work.—Fresh
    Bread.—The Little Baby.—Landmarks.—Bethel.—My Faithful
    Friend.—A Trying Time in the Saddle.—Sinjal.                       196

                                CHAPTER X.

    Shiloh.—Jacob’s Well.—Tomb of
    Joseph.—Shechem.—Samaria.—Gibeah.—Dothan in the
    Distance.—Fountain of Gideon.—Shunem.—Shunammite’s Son.—Nain.
                                                                       205

                               CHAPTER XI.

    Riding into Nazareth.—Virgin’s Fountain.—Tricky Horses.—Cana
    of Galilee.—Tiberias.—Story of Jesus and his Disciples.—Boat
    Ride on the Sea of Galilee.—Capernaum.—Mounting
    Horses.—Disappearance of the Dragoman.—A Serious Accident.—Lake
    Huleh.—Cesarea Philippi.—Mount Hermon.—Crossing the River
    Pharpar.—Damascus.—Via Recta.—Bible References to Courts.—Cup
    of Coffee.—Water Seller.                                           218

                               CHAPTER XII.

    Farewell to Damascus.—Ain Fijeh.—Quarrelsome Arabs.—Onward
    to Baalbek.—A Friendly Arab Family.—On the Mountains of
    Lebanon.—Baalbek.—Rejected Stone.—From Baalbek to Beyrut.—My
    Horse John.—Homeward Bound.                                        243

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CHAPTER I.

  _Across the Atlantic.—The Aller.—Small Sleeping Rooms.—A Singular
  Kitchen.—Last Farewell.—Seasickness.—Children on the Ship.—Four Little
  Boys.—Fog Horn.—The Lookout.—Icebergs.—A Little Sailor Boy.—Porpoises
  and Sea Gulls.—Taking on the Pilot.—Lights on the Other Shore.—Landing._