CHAPTER XLV.

The Cholera by way of Variety--Hot--Another Outlandish Procession--Pen and-Ink Photograph of “Jonesborough,” Syria--Tomb of Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter--The Stateliest Ruin of All--Stepping over the Borders of Holy-Land--Bathing in the Sources of Jordan--More “Specimen” Hunting --Ruins of Cesarea--Philippi--“On This Rock Will I Build my Church”--The People the Disciples Knew--The Noble Steed “Baalbec”--Sentimental Horse Idolatry of the Arabs