Haifa; or, Life in modern Palestine

Part 36

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Transcription Note

The following printing mistakes were corrected:

• p. 8, l. -1: cantalever → cantilever • p. 9, l. -3: shiek → sheik • p. 73, l. 4: Jochanau Sandelar → Jochanan Sandelar • p. 93, l. 24: although they none of them cover → although none of them covers • p. 94, l. 20: lintels elaborately carved, → lintels elaborately carved; • p. 104, l. 21: langour → languor • p. 107, l. 4–5: about two two miles → about two miles • p. 210, l. -3: circumtances → circumstances • p. 251, l. 8: _basso relievo_ → _basso-rilievo_ • p. 275, l. -1: Madhi → Mahdi • p. 276, l. 20: the Soudan itself. → the Soudan itself.” • p. 310, l. 8: this spot is it destined → this spot it is destined • Catalogue, p. 17, entry MURDOCH, l. 3: Cessios → Cessions

Variant forms like _co-religionist_ / _coreligionist_, _sea-coast_ / _seacoast_, _Esdrælon_ / _Esdraelon_, etc. have been left as in the original. Missing punctuation in entries of the Catalogue has been silently rectified.