A

HANDBOOK FOR
FOR TRAVELLERS

IN

SYRIA AND PALESTINE;

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AND INHABITANTS
OF THESE COUNTRIES,

THE PENINSULA OF SINAI, EDOM, AND THE
SYRIAN DESERT;

WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF

JERUSALEM, PETRA, DAMASCUS, AND PALMYRA.

MAPS AND PLANS.

PART I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

PARIS GALIGNANI; STASSIN AND XAVIER. MALTA: MUIR.

1858.

The right of Translation is reserved.

THE ENGLISH EDITIONS OF MURRAY'S HANDBOOKS MAY BE OBTAINED OF THE

ΤΟ

THE REV. HENRY COOKE,

D.D., LL.D., T.C.D.,

This Work is Dedicated,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND AFFECTION,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

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