240 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, the produce of the land, as a consecrated 
' .rpljp It was, in fact, the only wheat now 
standing, for the harvest of the country was by 
this time generally collected. 
The next morning, Tuesday, July the seventh, 
we were refused camels to carry our luggage, 
by the people of Nazareth ; upon the plea, that 
the Arabs would attack us, and seize the 
camels, in return for the cattle which Djezzar 
had taken from them. Asses were at length 
allowed, and we began our journey at seven 
o'clock. Every one of our party was eager to 
be the first who should get out of Nazareth ; 
for although we had pitched a tent upon the 
roof of the house where we passed the night, 
it had been, as usual, a night of penance, 
rather than of rest: so infested with vermin 
was every part of the building. The author, 
accompanied by a servant, set out on foot, 
leaving the rest of his companions to follow 
on horseback. Having inquired of an Arab 
belonging to Djezzar'' s guard the shortest road 
into the Plain of Esdraelon, this man, who had 
lived with Bedouins, and bore all the appearance 
of belonging to one of their roving tribes, gave 
fklse information. In consequence of this, we 
entered a defile in the mountains, which 
