h r mm TIBERIAS TO NAPOLCSEv 
CHAP, XV. 
THE HOLT LAND—TIBERIAS TO'NAPOLOSE. 
Departure from Tiberias—Effect of ike Climate—Production 
of the Desert— Lubi— Slate of the Country—Mount - Tha- 
bor—Change oj Route—Narrow Escape of the Author— 
Camp of Djeggar’s Cava Ivy— Wars of the Arabs—Their 
Manner and Disposition—Address of an Arab to his 
Mare— Simmoom, or Wind of the Desert—Bread baked in 
the Suit’s Rays—Emir of the Mountains—Plain of Esdrae ~ 
Ion—Encampments—J'ennin-—Effect produced by Change of 
Govcrnment- — Santorri—Ancient Castle—Napolose or Sx» 
e hem— Reception by the Governor—Aspect and State of the 
■ City—Its various Appellations■—Circumstances connected 
with its ancient History—Tomb of Joseph—Tomb of Joshua 
■—-Nature- of those IJeliques — Samaritans- — Jacob’s W.elL- 
We were otr horseback by six o'clock, on Monday morn- 
lag, July the sixth, notwithstanding our excursion, and con~ 
tinned our -route-., Leaving Tiberias, we took a different road 
from that by which we came, and crossed an extensive valley, 
hoping to visit Mount Thabor. In this valley, three hundred 
French cavalry defeated an army of ten thousand Turks; ao 
event so astonishing, even to the Turks themselves, that they 
considered the victory as obtained by magic; an art which: 
they believe many of the Franks to possess* 
All the pleasure of travelling, at this season of the year;' in 
the Holy Land, is suspended by the excessive heat of the 
sun. A traveller, wearied and spiritless, is often more sub* 
clued at the beginning than at the end of his day’s journey* 
Many rare plants and curious minerals invite his notice, as 
he passes slowly along, with depressed looks fixed upon the 
ground; but these it is impossible for him to obtain- It ap¬ 
pears to him to be an act of unjustifiable cruelty to ask a servant, 
or even one of the attending Arabs, to descend from his horse, 
for the purpose of collecting either the one or the other. All 
nature seems to droop; every animal seeks for shade, which 
it is extremely difficult to find. But the charaoeleon, the 
lizard, the serpent, and all sorts of beetles, basking, even at 
Hood,, upon rocks and in sandy places, exposed to the most 
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