Excerpt from A Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine, Vol. 1: Including an Account of the Geography, History, Antiquities, and Inhabitants of These Countries, the Peninsula of Sinai, Edom, and the Syrian Desert It has been my object in the following pages to communicate the greatest amount of useful information in the smallest possible Space. Something more than a mere book of roads has been aimed at. This country is the stage on which the most wondrous events Of the world's history were enacted. Every nook and comer of it is holy ground. I have, therefore, made the attempt to group on the Old sites the chief actors in the sacred dramas, that the traveller may see with his mind's eye each scene played over again. I think no known Scripture locality has been overlooked, and no incident of Scripture history, which would tend to enhance its interest, forgotten. It is the religio loci which gives such a charm to the cities and villages of Palestine. To pass any of them by without knowing, or without remembering, their story, isto rob travel of half its interest, and all its profit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.