Part I 
Travels into the L e v a n t. 
22 1 
are lovely Antiquities to be Teen in this place. From Sour you have a days 
Journey to Sayde^ and there is a Tower upon this Road alfo, where there is 
a CafFare to be paid. Sayde is a pretty Town upon the Sea-lide, and the 
Ancient name of it was Sydon. Before the Town there is a little Fort Built in the 
Sea. The Councrey about Sayde is lovely, and full of Gardens 5 among others, 
there are two about two Mufquet Shot from the Town, that are full of ex- 
celkflt Orange-Trees, wherein they Ihew the Sepulchre of lebuloN, one of J^Jj of zt 
the twelve Sons of Ifrael. Next day you may go and lye at Barmh. About io„, 
an hours travelling from Sayde to B^ruth^ there is to the right hand a Village Bumh. 
called Gie, with a great deal of Sand about it ^ and they fay, that that is^ie. 
the place where the Whale calt out JonaSj after he had been three days in 
the Belly of it. There are two Cafares to be paid on that Road. The 
Soil about Bamb is pleafant and good, bearing abundance of White Mul- 
berry-Trees, for the Silk-Worms. Having next day travelled half a League 
from Barmh, you fee a Cave on the right band, which was heretofore the 
Den of a huge Dragon- Two hundred paces further, there is a Greek 
Church upon the fame Ground, fas they fay) where St. George Killed that 
Dragon, when it was about to have Devoured the Daughter of the King of 
Baruth. Half an hours travelling from thence, there is a Bridge, called Baruth's 
Bridge, of fix Arches ; and there is a CafFare to be paid there. About two 
hours Journey from that Bridge, you find another, under which, runs a River, 
called in Arabtck Naor el Kelb, that is to fay, the Dogs River, without doubt, 
becauiè there is a Ring cut in the Rock, to which is fattened a great Dog, cut 
on the fams Rock, that is ftill to be feen in the Sea. They fay, that in times 
paft, that Dog iSsrked by Enchantment, when any Fleet came, and that his 
Bark was heard fo'jr Leagues off A little above the defcent where the Dog 
is this Infrription is c'ù^- in great Charaders upon the Rock. IMP. CMS, 
d AURELIUS. ANTONIKIIS. PIUS. FELIX. AUGUSTUS. PART. MARL 
BRITaNNIUS. At the end of Chis Bridge, there is a Marble-Stone eleven 
Span long, and five broad, on which is 2? Infcription of fix lines in ylrMck 
Charaders. From thence you go and lodge JJc'^hl!!^.: Tne aay roilow- 
ing, you lye at Tripoly ; by the way on the Ssa-fide, you lee the Towns of rr/>o/;, 
Gihely Patron, and Amphe. Triply is a very pretty Town with a neat Caftle, cibd. 
at the foot of which, a little River runs; lèverai Gardens full of Orange- 
Trees, and White-Mulberries, encompafs the Town , which is a mile from "^^^^^^ 
the Sea, where there are feveral Towers planted with Cannon to defend the 
Coaft. Here it was that St. Marina being accufed of Incontinence, did 
Penance in Mans Apparrel. Next day you go to Mount Libamis, about five Mount 
Hours and a halfs travelling from Triply, you come to Lodge at Canmhin, 
which is a Village where the Patriarch of Mount Libanns Lives , there is a 
Church and Monaftery in it. The day following, you go to the Cedars, 
which are an hour and a halfs going from Cannobm, and you pafs through 
a pretty Village, called Eden, which is about an hour from Cannobin. It is Eden.. 
a Foppery to fay, that if one reckon the Cedars of Mount Libanus twice, Twentytlirec 
he lhall have a different number, for in all, great and fmall, there is neither Cedars in 
more nor lefs, than_ twenty three of them. All that Inhabit this Mountain, '^"""^ 
are Maromte Chriftians. Having feen Mount Libanus, you come back to TW- ''"^* 
foly ; from whence, if you have a mind to go to Aleppo, you mull take the 
following Road from rnp/y; you come to lodge at a Caltle called the French 
Caftle, ftandingupon a high Hill, which was Built in the ûmQoïGodfreyoi^!^^^^^^^^^ 
Boulloin. From thence you have a days Journey to Ama, which was here- 
tofore a fair large Town, but at prefent is half ruined, tho' it ftill contains 
fome lovely Mofqaes, and Houfes Built of black and white Stones interming- 
led. At the end of the Town, there is a great Caftle upon a Hill, almoft /all 
ruined and uninhabited ; the Walls of it are very thick and high, builé of 
pretty black and white Stones difpofed in feveral Figures, and the litjleof 
them that remains., (hews their ancient Beauty. The Gate of the Caltle is 
adorned with Inf.riptions in Arabick. Letters, and the entry into it, is made 
like a Court of Guard. There is an Oratory on the South fide of it , like 
to thofe wherein the Turks fay their Prayers. There are feveral Ctrotts 
well wrought in it, and a great many Magazines, which ferved form^^rly to 
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