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camels, in return for the cattle which Djezzar had taken from 
them. Asses were at length allowed, and we began our jour¬ 
ney at seven o'clock. Every one of our party was eager to 
be the first who should get out of Nazareth; for although we 
had pitched a tent upon the roof of the house where we passed 
the night, it had been, as usual, a night of penance, rather than 
of r st ; so infested with vermin was every part of the?build¬ 
ing. The author, accompanied by a servant, set out on foot* 
leaving the rest of his companions to follow on horseback. 
Having inquired of an Arab belonging to Djezzar’s guard the 
shot test road into the plain of Esdraelon, this man, who had 
lived with Bedouins, and bore all the appearance of belonging 
to one of their roving tribes, gave false information. In conse¬ 
quence of this, we entered a defile in the mountains, which sepa¬ 
rates the plain of Esdraelon from the valley of Nazareth, and 
found that our party had pursued a different route. Presently 
messengers, sent by Captain Culverhouse, came to ns with this, 
intelligence. The rebel Arabs were then stationed at a vil¬ 
lage, within two miles distance, in the plain; so that we very 
narrowly escaped fahing 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 mis¬ 
lead, and that he would have joined the rebels as soon as his 
plan had succeeded. The messengers recommended, as the 
speediest mode of joining our party, that we should ascend the 
mountainous ridge which flanks all the plain toward Nazareth. 
In doing this, we actually encountered some of the scouts be¬ 
longing 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-. 
Id a body, at a great distance below in the plain; easily recog¬ 
nizing our English friends by their umbrellas. After clamber¬ 
ing among the rocks, we accomplished a descent toward the 
spot where they were assembled, and, reaching the plain, found 
Captain Culverhouse busied in surveying -with his glass about 
three hundred of the rebels, stationed in a village near the 
mouth of the defile, by which we had previously proceeded. 
It was at this unlucky moment, while the party were delibera¬ 
ting whether to advance or to retreat, that the author, unable 
to restrain the impulse of his feelings, most imprudently punish¬ 
ed the Arab who had caused the delay, by striking him. 
It is impossible to describe the confusion thus occasioned. The 
Mahometans, to a man, maintained that the infidel who had 
