{"product_id":"2940015758368","title":"A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.      Departure from Vienna--Scene on board the steamer--\u003cbr\u003eHainburg--Presburg--The \"Coronation-mount\"--Pesth--Ofen--The steamer\u003cbr\u003eGalata--Mohacs--The fortress Peterwardein--Discomfort and bad\u003cbr\u003emanagement on board the steamer--Semlin--Belgrade--Pancsova--\u003cbr\u003eAustrian soldiers--The rock Babakay--Drenkova--Falls of Danube--Alt-\u003cbr\u003eOrsova--The \"Iron Gate\"--Cattle-breeding--Callafat--Vexatious delay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.     Giurgewo--Interior of the town--Braila--Sanitary\u003cbr\u003eprecautions--Galatz--Scarcity of good water--Ridiculous fear of the\u003cbr\u003eplague--The steamer Ferdinand--Entrance into the Black Sea--Stormy\u003cbr\u003eweather and sea-sickness--Arrival at Constantinople--Picturesque\u003cbr\u003eappearance of the city--Mosques--The dancing Dervishes--The Sultan\u003cbr\u003eand his barge--Pera--The great and little Campo--Wild dogs--Dirty\u003cbr\u003estate of the streets--Preparations in case of fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.    Scutari--Kaiks--The howling Dervishes--The\u003cbr\u003eAchmaidon, or place of arrows--The tower in Galata--The bazaar at\u003cbr\u003eConstantinople--Mosques--Slave-market--The old Serail--The\u003cbr\u003eHippodrome--Coffee-houses--Story-tellers--Excursion to Ejub--Houses,\u003cbr\u003etheatres, and carriages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.     Walks and drives of the townspeople--The \"Sweet\u003cbr\u003eWaters\"--Chalcedonia--Baluklid--The great and little Campo--Feasts\u003cbr\u003ein Constantinople--Anniversary of Mahomet's death--Easter holydays\u003cbr\u003eof the Greeks--Gladiators and wrestlers--Excursion to Brussa--Olive-\u003cbr\u003etrees--Mosques at Brussa--Stone bridge--Wild dogs--Baths and mineral\u003cbr\u003esprings--Return to Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.      Contradictory reports--Departure from Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eon board the Archduke John--Scene on the steamer--Galipoli--The\u003cbr\u003eDardanelles--Tschenekalesi and Kilidil Bahar--The field of Troy--\u003cbr\u003eTenedos--Smyrna--Halizar--The date-palm--Burnaba--The Acropolis--\u003cbr\u003eFemale beauty--Rhodes--Strong fortifications--Deserted appearance of\u003cbr\u003ethe town--Cyprus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.     Arrival at Beyrout--Fellahs--Backsheesh--\u003cbr\u003eUncomfortable quarters--Saida--Tyre--St. Jean d'Acre--Caesarea--\u003cbr\u003eExcursion among the ruins--Jaffa--An Eastern family--The Indian fig-\u003cbr\u003etree--An Oriental dinner--Costume of the women of Jaffa--Oppressive\u003cbr\u003eheat--Gnats--Ramla--Syrian convents--Bedouins and Arabs--Kariet el\u003cbr\u003eAreb, or Emmaus--The scheikh--Arrival at Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.    Residence at Jerusalem--Catholic church--The \"Nuova\u003cbr\u003eCasa\"--Via dolorosa--Pilate's house--The Mosque Omar--Herod's house--\u003cbr\u003eChurch of the Holy Sepulchre--Disturbances at the Greek Easter\u003cbr\u003efeasts--Knights of the Holy Sepulchre--Mount of Olives--Adventure\u003cbr\u003eamong the ruins--Mount of Offence--Valley of Jehosaphat--Siloam--\u003cbr\u003eMount Sion--Jeremiah's Grotto--Graves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.   Bethlehem--Rachel's grave--Convent at Bethlehem--\u003cbr\u003eBeggars--Grotto of the Nativity--Solomon's cisterns--St. John's--\u003cbr\u003eFranciscan church at Jerusalem--Mourning women--Eastern weddings--\u003cbr\u003eMish-mish--Excursion to the Jordan and the Dead Sea--Wilderness near\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem--Convent of St. Saba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.     Ride through the wilderness to the Dead Sea--The\u003cbr\u003eDead Sea--The river Jordan--Horde of Bedouins--Arab horses--The\u003cbr\u003eSultan's well--Bivouac in the open air--Return to Jerusalem--\u003cbr\u003eBethany--Departure from Jerusalem--Jacob's grave--Nablus or Sichem--\u003cbr\u003eSebasta--Costume of Samaritan woman--Plain of Esdralon--Sagun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.      Arrival at Nazareth--Franciscan convent--Tabarith--\u003cbr\u003eMount Tabor--Lake of Gennesareth--Baths--Mount Carmel--Grotto of the\u003cbr\u003eprophet Elijah--Acre--The pacha's harem--Oriental women--Their\u003cbr\u003elistlessness and ignorance--Sur or Tyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.     River Mishmir--Saida--Arnauts--Desert-path--\u003cbr\u003eResidence of Lady Hester Stanhope--Beyrout--The consul's--\u003cbr\u003eUncomfortable quarters--Sickness--The Bazaar--Vexatious delays--\u003cbr\u003eDeparture from Beyrout--Beautiful views--Syrian costumes--Damascus--\u003cbr\u003eAspect of the city--House of the consul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.    The bazaar at Damascus--The khan--Grotto of St.\u003cbr\u003ePaul--Fanaticism of the inhabitants--Departure from Damascus--The\u003cbr\u003edesert--Military escort--Heliopolis or Balbeck--Stupendous ruins--\u003cbr\u003eContinuation of our voyage through the desert--The plague--The\u003cbr\u003eLebanon range--Cedar-trees--Druses and Maronites--Importunate\u003cbr\u003ebeggars--Thievish propensities of the Arabs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.   The Lebanon--Druses and Maronites--Illness of Herr\u003cbr\u003eSattler--Djebel or Byblus--Rocky passes--Dog's-river--Return to\u003cbr\u003eBeyrout--Sickness--Departure for Alexandria--Roguery of the captain--\u003cbr\u003eDisagreeables on board--Limasol--Alarm of pirates--Cowardice of the\u003cbr\u003ecrew--Arrival at Alexandria","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184541155568,"sku":"2940015758368","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015758368","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}