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entering those countries circumscribed by individual 
property, the heart of man is contracted and oppressed. 
I cannot turn my eyes, or move a step, without being 
stopped by a hedge, which seems to say to me " Halt 
there, do not pass these bounds." Doubtless, society 
is a great good; doubtless the greatest blessing of man 
is to live under a well- organized government, which by 
the wise employment of the public strength ensures to 
each individual the peaceable enjoyment of his property; 
but it appears to me that all which we gain in safety and 
tranquillity , we lose in energy. . . . 
The country which I traversed this day is compose^ 
of hills, covered with olive trees and plantations of to- 
bacco, the flower of which was in full bloom. 
Monday, 20th July. 
I set out at half past one in the morning towards the 
N. N. E. and N. E. and shortly afterwards met a cara- 
van loaded with soap and tobacco, going from Nablons 
to Cairo. 
A little before five I passed Yebni, a village more 
considerable than those I had seen the day before. I 
perceived a great many women, some of whom were 
very pretty^they all had their faces uncovered; I en- 
quired if they were Christians, they answered they Were 
Mussulmans, and that the Fellahis or countrywomen 
of this district did not cover their faces. 
Proceeding from thence I passed among some wood- 
ed mountains, where I stopped an hour and a half to 
breakfast; then turning to the N. W. I entered at ten 
o'clock the town of Jaffa. 
All the country of Palestine or the Promised Land 
which I saw from Khanyounes to Jaffa is beautiful. It 
is composed of round undulating hills of a rich soil, 
