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temple was once used as a Christian church. Com- 

 pared all my photos with the ruins, and found them 

 excellent. 



From Baalbek Brooke went to the Cedars of 

 Lebanon. On first viewing them from a distance they 

 struck him as looking insignificant, but when among 

 them their size became apparent. 



The average of the eight largest trees is 29 feet 3 

 inches. They are not high trees, about 80 feet, but 

 enormously massive and picturesque, their branches 

 huge in length and thickness. 



He reached Berut on the 1st May, terminating a trip 

 that, I think, gave him more pleasure than any he had 

 ever made. 



