244 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP. 
VI. 
the condition of our concealing their conduct 
from Djezzar, when we returned to Acre. These 
men afterwards confessed, that if any blood 
had been shed, it was their intention to desert, 
and to have joined the rebel army. A fortunate 
piece of policy put an end to the whole affair. 
One of oar party, riding off at full speed into 
the plain, threw his lance into the air, and thus 
began the game of Djerid; the rest soon fol- 
lowing, and expressing, by loud shouts, their 
readiness to restore peace. Nothing, however, 
could conciliate the offended Arab. He con- 
tinued riding aloof, and sulky, holding no 
communication even with his own countrymen ; 
until at length, having advanced to a consi- 
derable distance into the Plain of Esdraelon, we 
espied a large camp, which our conductors 
recognised as consisting of cavalry belonging to 
Djezzar. We therefore directed our course 
towards the tents. 
As we crossed this immense plain to the 
camp, we had a fine view of Mount Thahdr\ 
(1) Reland viv'iici this word Tabor: but the author has preferred 
following the orthography of Eusebius {in Onomast.) as cited by 
Reland, and of the other Greeks, who wrote Ga/S-y^ ; because tliis 
exactly agrees with the name of the mountain as it is now pronounced 
