A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem: At Easter, A.D. 1697

Acra Aleppo altar amongst ancient APRIL APRIL 26 aqueduct Arabs arches arrived ascending bagnio Barrady beautiful Bethlehem blessed Virgin built caphar carved castle chre Christ Christians church convent Corinthian order cross Damascus distance east erected Esdraelon farther feet French Consul friars fruitful furlongs gardens gate Gerizim Greek grotto half an hour hence hereabouts hill holy sepulchre Jehosaphat Jerusalem kane Leban Libanus lodged Lord Lord's marble MARCH Maronites mile morning mosque moun mount mount Gerizim mountains Nahor night north side paces long passed pilgrims pillars plain present rain right hand river road rock rocky round ruins sea side Sidon south side stage this day stands Stephen's gate stone stood Strabo stream supposed tains temple three hours took Tortosa travelled trees Tripoli Turkish Turks village called wall whole stage