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CtARKE S TRAVEL 
were couched bis greyhounds, and his hawkers stood waking 
in the yard before the door of the apartment; so that every 
thing contributed to excite ideas of other times, and a scene of 
former ages seemed lobe realized before our eyes. The 
ii-gitre of the governor himself was not the least interesting part 
of the living picture* He had a long red beard, and wore a 
dress as distinguished by feudal magnificence and military 
grandeur as it is possible to imagine. He received us with 
the usual hospitality of his countrymen, dismissed the escort 
which had accompanied us from Acre, seemed proud of pla¬ 
cing us under the protection of his peculiar soldiers, and al¬ 
lowed'us. a'guard, appointed from his own troops, to ensure our 
safety as far as Napolose. We had some conversation with 
him upon the disordered state of the country, particularly of 
Galilee. He said, that the rebel Arabs were in great number 
upon all the hills near the Plain of Esdraelon ; that they were 
actuated, at this critical juncture, by the direst motives of re¬ 
venge and despair, for the losses they had sustained in conse¬ 
quence of the ravages committed by Djezzar’s army; but that 
lie believed we should not meet with any pnolestatioo in our 
journey to Jerusalem. 
After leaving Sahtorri, our road was devious and very une¬ 
ven, over a mountainous tract of country, until we came in 
sight of' Napolmc, otherwise called Ncapoli% and Napoleos , 
llte ancient Sichoi. The view of this place much surprised 
us, as we had not expected to find a city of such magnitude in 
the road to Jerusalem. It seems to be the metropolis of a very 
rich and extensive country, abounding with provisions, and all 
the necessary policies of life, in much greater profusion than 
the town of Acre. White bread was exposed for sale in the 
streets, of a quality superior to any that is to be found else¬ 
where "throughout the Levant. The governor of Napolose re¬ 
ceived and regaled us with all the magnificence of an eastern 
sovereign.' Refreshments, of every kind known in the coun¬ 
try, were set before us; and when we supposed the list to be 
exhausted, to our ven great astonishment a most sumptuous 
dinner was brought in. Nothing seemed to gratify our host 
more, than that any of his gvests should eat heartily ; and, to 
do him' justice, every individual of the party ought to have 
possessed the appetite of ten. hungry pilgrims, to satisfy his 
wishes in this respect.* 
* A slight allusion 'tq..these.little traits of national character-will, it is hoped, be 
tolerated, as illustrating the extraordinary hospitality of the ^country j Dotiuthstam^ 
