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separates the Plain o^ Esdraelon from the Valley c-hap. 
of Nazareth, and found that our party had pur- 
sued a different route. Presently messengers, 
sent by Captain Culverhouse, came to us with 
this intelligence. The rebel Arabs were then 
stationed at a village, within two miles distance» 
in the plain ; so that we very narrowly escaped 
falling into their hands. It seemed almost 
evident that the Arab, whose false information 
as to the route had been the original cause of 
this deviation, intended to mislead, and that he 
would have joined the rebels as soon as his 
plan had succeeded. The messengers recom- 
mended, as the speediest mode of joining our 
party, that we should ascend the mountainous 
ridge which flanks all the plain towards Nazareth. 
In doing this, we actually encountered some of 
the scouts belonging to the insurgents; they 
passed us on horseback, armed with long 
lances, but offered us no molestation. As soon 
as we had gained the heights, we beheld our 
companions, collected in a body, at a great 
distance below in the plain ; easily recognising 
our English friends by their umbrellas. After 
clambering among the rocks, we accomplished 
a descent towards the spot where they were 
assembled, and, reaching the plain, found Cap- 
tain Culverhouse busied in surveying with his 
