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During the night poor Chorinsky, and afterwards Sachs, 

 were both stung by a large scorpion. The former received 

 the full undiluted dose of venom from the repulsive creature, 

 and lay suffering from symptoms of severe poisoning, in a 

 state which caused the greatest anxiety. 



Next morning the whole camp was in a most dejected con- 

 dition ; nobody felt well, for all were suffering in some 

 measure from the effects of the bad air. Chorinsky and I, 

 being still feeble and wretchedly out of sorts, had to be kept 

 on the sick list, and there were also some victims to the 

 climate among the servants. At any moment fresh attacks 

 of fever might occur, and our experience of the Asiatic 

 scorpion also caused a certain amount of panic in the caravan. 



We originally intended to spend this day also in Baisan, 

 and afterwards to make an expedition to the Lake of 

 Gennesaret. Thence we meant to go on to Nazareth, where 

 we were to take part in the services of Passion Week, and to 

 remain until Easter Monday. In order, however, to get rid 

 of the fever, we now resolved to pass the night in the moun- 

 tain air, on the summit of Tabor, and to travel next day to 

 Jaffa, whither the ' Miramar,' which was lying at Beyrout, 

 was to be forthwith ordered to proceed. It was therefore a 

 long road which lay before us, and we all set off immediately 

 after breakfast. 



I felt so languid that I could hardly sit my horse, and it 

 will be long before I forget that ride, during which we had 

 to traverse a most monotonous part of the country in the 

 scorching heat. The steppes of the Jordan Valley were left 

 behind, and were replaced by long flat ridges and intermin- 

 able valleys. Stony flats, sparingly covered with bushes, 

 alternated with poorly cultivated land, and we passed herds 

 of camels and goats. 



It was a tedious journey, for the invalids could only ride 

 at a foot pace, and the only pleasant thing about it was the 



