opportunities were given for discursive speculations upon political and religious questions of the very highest character. To this latter charge he readily pleads guilty, having ever been unwilling to interfere in the creeds of others; but with regard to the former he trusts that his more sober and less imaginative readers, aware how easy it is to embellish and exaggerate for the excitement of wonder, will give him credit for confining himself to a record of those scenes and events alone which came immediately under his eye and which stood in the most simple objective relation to his mind. He has, indeed, purposely avoided giving the colouring of his own opinions and impressions to what he has described, wishing rather to be only a passive instrument in conveying an exact transcript of what he saw, to the mind of the reader. The work, on these accounts, will be found to be for the most part of a topographical character, the different localities being considered, sometimes in reference to their former state, sometimes to their capabilities for the future, and occasionally, to the mention of them in the Scriptures. The volumes on Palestine and Syria are first published, in deference to the deep interest that must ever attach to countries so closely connected with the history of our religion. PARIS, August, 1836, 40, rue St. Lazare. INDEX CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES OCCURRING IN THE ENSUING TWO VOLUMES OF TRAVELS IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA. The following are the abbreviations made use of : P. Palestine; - S. Syria :can. canton; - c. city; — con. convent; dist. district; - fn. fountain; — mt. mount; mn. mountain; - pl. plain; — prom. promontory; — prov. province; - r. river; -t. town; val. valley; - vil. village. Aaere, vil. S. 402. Aal (el) Eleale? ruins of, S. 224. Abarim, mountains of, S. 224. Abou-Ali, r. its sources, S. 89. -Naszer, tomb of, S. 84. Absalom, pillar of, P. 137. tomb of, P. 136. Abylene, vil. P. 214. Aceldama, or field of blood, P. 112. Admah, site of, P. 72. Adonis (Nabr Ibrahim), r. S. 57, 84. Aleppo (Berria), S. 291 et seq. Alexandria ad Issum, see Iskenderoun. Amman (Ammon), S. 201. -magnificent ruins, ibid. et seq. Ammonites, country of the, S. 200. Amoas, vil. P. 32. Antoura, con. S. 47. - el Beradjene, country of, S. 36. el Zebdeni, dist. S. 130. Arimathea, or Rama, see Ramla. Arish (el) (Rhinoculura), vil. P. 25. Armageddon, see Esdraelon. Armenian convent at Jerusalem, P. 103. Arnon (Modjeb), r. S. 406. Ashtaroth, see Mezareib. Askelon, ruins of, P. 23. Athlete (Castel Pellegrino), t. P. 202. Besaba, vil. S. 35. Mourdouk, vil. S. 177. Warka, con. and vil. S. 54. Ayoun, ruins, S. 404. Azotus, see Edzoud. Baalbec, valley of, S. 105. town of, 108. magnificent ruins, 108 et seq. Bab-el-Wady, pass, P. 32. Babyla (Babylas ?), vil. S. 348, -Louth (Dead sea), P. 67 et seq. Baneas (Balanea), site of, S. 82. Barrada (Wady), val. S. 131. Beirout (Berythus), t. S. 1 et seq. Belad Beni Obeid, dist. S. 396. Haouran, dist. S. 394. Belka (el), dist. S. 225. Belus, see Kardakah. Beni Szakhr tribe, S. 191. Berak, vil. S. 151. Berdj-el-Koszier, tower, S. 57. --um-Heish, watch-tower, S. 58. Bereike, vil. S. 169. Berroa, see Aleppo. his palace, 27. Beserma, vil. S. 69. Beshir, Emir, S. 28. Beshiza, vil. S. 66. Besneada, vil. S. 360. Beteddein, palace of, S. 26. Bethesda, pool of, P. 88. Bethel, site of, P. 174. Bethlehem (Ephrata), P. 149 et seq. of Galilee, ibid. Bethphage, P. 58. Bethsaida, site of, P. 242. Bethshan, or Scythopolis, see Bisan. Bir (Michmash), vil. P. 173. Bisan (Bethshan, or Scythopolis), vil. P. 229. Boghaz (Egypt), passage of the, P. 13. Boszra (Bostra), t. S. 187, 399. 187 et seq. extensive ruins, S. Bottein (el), dist. S. 395. Cæsarea of Palestine, see Kaiserieh. Caiaphas, house of, P. 107. Caipha (Calamon), t. P. 203. Cana (Keffer Kenna), vil. P. 247. why so called, P. 2. Daal, vil. S. 192. Dair, vil. P. 24. Dalmanatha, site of, P. 242. Damascus (és Sham), t. S. 253 et seq. Damietta (Egypt), t. P. 11. Damour, vil. P. 286. Dana, vil. S. 315. Daphne, site of, S. 339, 415. Dar-Djoun, residence of Lady H. Stan- hope, P. 284. David, castle of, P. 102. tomb of, 107. Dead sea P. 67 et seq. Decapolis, dist. S. 142. Degle Spine, field called, P. 247. Delicia Salomonæ, P. 161. Didy, vil. S. 252. Djadida, vil. S. 131. Djebail (Byblus), t. S. 59. Djebel Adjeloun, dist. S. 397. INDEX. Attarous (mt. Nebo), S. 224. Djezazi, vil. S. 232. Ezra (Zarava), S. 160 et seq. Faour, vil. S. 247. Fetouch, dist. S. 57. Fons signatus of Salomon, P. 163. Elisha, P. 62. Virgin, P. 216. Fursul, vil. (ruins), S. 125, Gadara, see Om-Keiss. xiii Galilee, Upper and Lower, P. 7, 246. Gaulonitis, can. P. 8: S. 142. Gebala (Jebilee), vil. S. 82. Genezareth (Tabaria), lake of, P. 232. and the Dragon, S. 40. Gerasa, see Djerash. Gerizim, mt. P. 175. ruins, 233 et seq. Gethsemane, garden of, P. 128. Djissr Dumar, bridge, S. 132. --el-Hadeed, S. 318. --el-Kadhi, S. 33. Djob Djennein, vil. Š. 31. Djolan, dist. S. 395. Djumi, pl. S. 81. Dolorous Way, P. 90, 92. Douaire (Daphne?), vil. S. 341. Ebal (mt.), P. 175. Eden, site of, S. 392. Edlip, vil. S. 290. Edom, or Idumæa, S. 405. Edrei (Draa), t. S. 196. Edzoud (Azotus), vil. P. 22. Eleale (el Aal), site of, S. 224. Eleutherus, see Nahr-el-Kebir. En-Dor, site of, P. 224. En-Gedi, fn. P. 81. En-Rogel (Pool of Siloam), P. 139. Epiphaneia, see Hamah. Esdraelon (Jezreel), plain of, P. 224. Ghab (el), val. S. 288. Ghadiry, val. S. 35. Ghadsir, vil. S. 56. Ghouta, pl. S. 32. Ghoutta (el), dist. S. 394. Gihon, val. P. 109. Gilboa (Djebel Gilbo), mt. P. 230. Gilead (Djebel Djelaad), mt. S. 232. Great Sea (Mediterranean), P. 30. Hadjar-el-Nassara, P. 244. -el-Sakhrat, P. 96. Haki (el), vil. S. 357. Haleb-es-Shabha, see Aleppo. Hammad (el), desert of, S. 403. Hammam (el) (Emmans), hot sprin; s, P. 234. Hamman (el), encampment, S. 210. Haouran, prov. S. 141 et seq. -el-Nassara (quarter of the Chris- el-Yahoud (Jews' quarter), P.118. Harissa, con. S. 50. Hassiab, t. S. 280. Hebran, or Kelab Hebran, vil. S. 402. Hebron (Khalil), t. P. 163, |