396 THE HOLY LAND. 
Rachel — Caverns — TereUntKine Vale — Valley of Jere- 
miah — Vegetable Productions — Arabs — Bethoor — 
Rama — History of that City — St. George of DiospoHs 
— Ravages caused by tlie Plague — Jaffa — Antient 
History of Jaffa — Voyage along the Coast — 
Caesarea — Return to Acre. 
CHAP, ^-^j 
^ ^^' , W HEN we had seen all, and much more than 
is worth notice, in Jerusalem ; and had obtained 
from the Superior of the Franciscan Monas.tery 
the usual Certificate given to pilgrims\ of the 
different places we had visited in the Holy 
B^tmlem. Land ; we prepared for our departure. The 
worthy Friars, who had treated us with 
very great attention, finding that we were de- 
termined to go to Bethlehem, where the plague 
then raged with fatal violence, told us, with 
expressions of regret, that they could not again 
receive us, if we persisted in our intention. 
We therefore took leave of them, resolved at 
all events to see the place of our Saviour's 
nativity, and then continue our journey to Jaffa, 
without entering Jerusalem in our return. 
dSitJ of Upon our road, we met an Arab with a goat, 
a Goat, which he led about the country for exhibition, in 
(1) This Ccr/j/£<?a<e entitles persons of the Greeli Church to »he title 
of Hadgi. It is a curious document, and has therefore been preserved 
for the Appendix to this volume. 
