FROM TIBERIAS TO HAFQLOSE, Mi? 
Had thought proper to remain at Tiberias, intimidated by the 
state of the country. Our number, upon arriving at Lubi, 
amounting only to thirty-three horsemen : these, by the ad¬ 
vice of the captain of the guard, we had dispersed as much 
as possible during the journey ; and taught them to skirmish 
at a distance from each other, that the scouts of the Arab 
army, upon the heights, might not be able to count our whole 
force. We were at this time in the midst of a country con¬ 
tinually overrum by rebel tribes. The wretched inhabitants 
of Lubi pretended to be in hourly expectation of an assault* 
from which they said nothing but their property had hitherto 
preserved them. We could not, however, place any confi¬ 
dence in these people, and determined to make our stay with 
them as short as possible. Mou«t Thabor seemed to be dis¬ 
tant from this place about six miles. Its top was described as 
a plain of great extent, finely cultivated, and inhabited by 
numerous Arab tribes. It appears of a conical form, entirely 
detached from any neighbouring mountain, and stands upon 
one side of the great plain of Esdraclon . We breakfasted at 
Lubi, beneath the shade of some mats covered with weeds, 
set up against the side of a house; not being perfectly tran¬ 
quil as to our hosts, who, in a rebel country, evidently brought 
us food with reluctance, and seemed disposed to quarrel with 
our guard. Our bread was baked upon heated stones, in 
holes dug in the ground. The women, who were principally 
occupied in preparing it, and who occasionally passed us for 
that purpose, were without veils, and of such unusual beauty, 
that we saw nothing to compare with them in any other part 
of the east. 
Being therefore compelled to alter the plan of our journey, 
we returned from Lubi, by the w ay of Cana, once more to 
Nazareth; passing through the field of bearded wheat before 
mentioned, where the disciples of Christ are said to have 
plucked the ears of com upon the Sabbath day. It lies near¬ 
ly opposite to the village of Turan. We collected specimens 
©f the wheat, in imitation of the other pilgrims of our party* 
w ho all seemed eager to bear away the produce of the land, as 
a consecrated relique. It was, in fact, the only wheat now 
standing, for the harvest of the country was by this time gene¬ 
rally collected. 
The next morning, Tuesday, July the seventh, we were re¬ 
fused camels to carry our luggage, by the people of Nazareth f 
upon the plea that the Arabs would attack us, and seize the 
