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Chapter Vi. Arrival At Beyrout--Fellahs--Backsheesh--

A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy · Ida Pfeiffer — chapter 5 of 39 · ~31 words · public domain

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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

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