IN SYRIA, PALESTINE, AND ASIA MINOR, FROM 1842 TO 1850. BY F. A. NEALE, ESQ. LATE ATTACHED TO THE CONSULAR SERVICE IN SYRIA. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: COLBURN AND CO., PUBLISHERS, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1851. ΤΟ JOHN BERNARD BURKE, ESQ., OF THE INNER TEMPLE. My dear Sir, If there be one reason why I should regret the years I have passed in the lands described in the following pages, that reason assuredly is, that during my absence in the East, I was deprived of the pleasure of cultivating your friendship. The cordial and sincere regard which subsists between our respective families, has now extended over a quarter of a century; and I have from early years learnt to watch with admiration your amiable character, and successful career. To you, then, my dear Sir, by a natural im |