XX CONTENTS. 



Islands, 454. Geography of the Group, 454. Personal Appearance of 

 the Inhabitants, 454 Customs, 455. Dress, 455. Principal Products, 

 454, 455. Commerce, 455. Cowry Shells, 455. Treaty with the 

 Sultan, 455. Voyage to Singapore, 455. Description of the City and 

 Island, 155, 456. Geology, 45G. Flora and Zoology, 456. Inhabi- 

 tant?, 456, 457. Commercial Importance, 457. Sailing of the Ameri- 

 can Squadron, 457. Voyage Home, 457, 458. Cape Town, 458. Ar- 

 rival in the United States, 458. 



PART II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Destruction of the Cities of the Plain, 461, 462. Traditions, 462. The 

 Infidel, 462, 463. Ancient and Modern Writers and Travellers, 463. 

 Scientific Explorations, 463, 464. Expedition Projected by Lieutenant 

 Lynch, 464. Preparations, 464. Boats for Navigating the Jordan and 

 the Dead Sea, 464,465. Departure from New York, 465. Arrival at 

 Smyrna, 465. Appearance of the City, 465, 466. Buildings, 466. Pop- 

 ulation, 466. Costume and Climate, 467. Firman of the Sultan, 467, 

 468. Voyage to Beirut, 468. Description of the City, 468,469. Costume 

 of the Inhabitants, 469. The Tantur, 469, 470. Arrival at St. Jean 

 d' Acre, 470. Architecture, 471. Landing of the Exploring Party, 471. 

 Arabian Horses, 471, 472. Sherif Hazza, 472. The Sheikh 'Akil, 472. 

 The Bedawi of the Desert, 472, 473. Description of his Person and 

 Mode of Life, 473. Character, 474. Overland March of the American 

 Exploring Party, 475. Plain of Acre, 475, 476. Arabian Escort, 476. 

 Appearance of the Cavalcade, 476, 477. Villages of the FeJIahin, 477 

 Houses, -177. Route taken by the Party, 477, 478. Vegetation, 478 

 Arrival at Tiberias, 479. 



CHAPTKH IT. 



Changes on the Shores of the Sea of Galilee, 480, 481. Size and Ap- 

 pearance of the Lake, 481. Depth of the Water, 481. Its Properties, 



