TO JERICHO. 
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TO JERICHO. 
E ASTER day fell this year on the nth of 
April, new ftyle. After divine fervice, and 
a h the ceremonies were ended at the holy Sepul- 
chre, we went to St. Salvador to dine. At dinner 
the Superior broke the filence, which had lafted 
during the Lent ; and at the fame time proclaimed, 
that all who intended to make the journey to Jordan, 
a °d the remarkable places adjacent, fhould be ready 
t0 go with the Caravan after dinner. We aliembled 
at the time appointed, and found a company of 
4 °oo people, Greeks, Armenians, Coptites, Sy- 
r,a ns, and a few Roman Catholics. From the Latin 
convent were the Superior, the Procurator, and 
v *car, with about thirty Monks, the interpreters 
an d Janiffaries of the convent. The Caravan was 
e d by the Governor of Jerufalem with 300 foldiers, 
' lll d was accompanied by the Arabian Princes and 
Commanders from the confines of thofe places 
trough which we were to pafs. The Governor 
jjtakes a good deal of money by this journey, con- 
‘dering the Ihort time and iittle trouble that is em- 
ployed in it ; for he receives from each of the in- 
ftoitants four, and from a Frank ten piafters. Be- 
an y, famous for the raifing of Lazarus from the 
e ad, was the firffc remarkable place we came to, 
out three quarters of a mile from the town. 
We 
