Chapter 6

Uncomfortable quarters--Saida--Tyre--St. Jean d'Acre--Caesarea-- Excursion among the ruins--Jaffa--An Eastern family--The Indian fig- tree--An Oriental dinner--Costume of the women of Jaffa--Oppressive heat--Gnats--Ramla--Syrian convents--Bedouins and Arabs--Kariet el Areb, or Emmaus--The scheikh--Arrival at Jerusalem