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An Ancient Olive-press. Women Working an Olive-press. Ancient Lamps (Matt. xxv. 1). Modern Lamps. Samaritans Bearing Tribute—an Assyrian Sculpture (2 Kings xvii. 3). Sebustieh, the Ancient Samaria. View of Jenin, the Ancient Engannim. Map of the Valley of Esdraelon. The Plan of Nazareth. View of Nazareth. The Annunciation. The Country near Nazareth, with the Town in the Distance. Home of a Cave-hermit in Palestine. Mount Tabor. Distant View of Kefr Kenna. The City and Lake of Tiberias. Map of the Sea of Galilee. Magdala and Plain of Gennesaret. Herod's Plan of Attack. Battle with the Robbers. A Galilee Fishing-boat. Ruins at Tell Hum. View of the Lake from the Western Shore. The Rock Partridge. The Plain of Huleh. Huts near Lake Huleh. An Army of Kedesh. Head-spring of the Jordan near Hasbeiyah. Map of the Sources of the Jordan. Terebinth-tree at Banias. Substructions of the Castle of Banias. View from the Castle of Banias. A Street in Damascus. General View of Damascus. Interior of a House in Damascus. Bedouin Camp near Damascus. A Scene in Damascus. Portrait of Abd-el-Kader. Sword-blades of Damascus. Damask Goods. Attack on the Citadel of Damascus before the Invention of Gunpowder. Paul Led into Damascus. A Caravan near Damascus. The River among the Rocks. The Fijeh Source of the Abana. The Ruins of Baalbec. Modern Wine-press. Bridge Over the Litany. The Cedars of Lebanon. View of Beyroot, looking toward the Harbor. Mission School in Syria. Fountain at Beyroot. Lebanon.

Chapter I.

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FROM BOMBAY TO SUEZ.—THE RED SEA, MECCA, AND MOUNT SINAI.

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      "Here we are in port again!" said Fred Bronson, as the anchor fell from the bow of the steamer and the chain rattled through the hawse-hole.

      "Three cheers for ourselves!" said Frank Bassett in reply. "We have had a splendid voyage, and here is a new country for us to visit."

      "And one of the most interesting in the world," remarked the Doctor, who came on deck just in time to catch the words of the youth.

      "Egypt is the oldest country of which we have a definite history, and there is no other land that contains so many monuments of its former greatness."

      Their conversation was cut short by the captain, who came to tell them that they would soon be able to go on shore, as the Quarantine boat was approaching, and they could leave immediately after the formalities were over.

      When we last heard from our friends they were about leaving Bombay under "sealed orders." When the steamer was fairly outside of the beautiful harbor of that city, and the passengers were bidding farewell to Colaba Light-house, Dr. Bronson called the youths to his side and told them their destination.

      "We are going," said he, "to Egypt, and thence to the Holy Land. The steamer will carry us across the Indian Ocean to the Straits of Bab-el-mandeb, and then through these straits into the Red Sea; then we continue our voyage to Suez, where we land and travel by rail to Cairo."

      One of the boys asked how long it would take them to go from Bombay to Suez.

      "About ten days," was the reply. "The distance is three thousand miles, in round numbers, and I believe we are not to stop anywhere on the way."

      The time was passed pleasantly enough on the steamer. The weather was so warm that the passengers preferred the deck to the stifling cabins, and the majority of them slept there every night, and lounged there during the day. The boys passed their time in reading about the countries they were to visit, writing letters to friends at

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