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Title: Byeways in Palestine

Author: James Finn

Release Date: July 18, 2007 [eBook #22097]

Language: English

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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BYEWAYS IN PALESTINE***

Transcribed from the 1868 James Nisbet and Co. edition by Les Bowler.

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BYEWAYS IN PALESTINE

BY
JAMES FINN, M.R.A.S.,
AND MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF FRANCE,
LATE HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL FOR JERUSALEM AND PALESTINE.

"The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good
land."--NUMB. xiv. 7.

LONDON:
JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET.
MDCCCLXVIII.

_To His Excellency_
_Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier_, _K.T._,
_etc. etc. etc._,
_Governor of the Presidency of Madras_,
This little Volume
_is inscribed_,
_in grateful acknowledgment of kindness_
_received in_
_Jerusalem and elsewhere_,

BY THE AUTHOR.

_London_, 1867.

PREFACE.

These papers on "Byeways in Palestine" are compiled from notes of certain
journeys made during many years' residence in that country; omitting the
journeys made upon beaten roads, and through the principal towns, for the
mere reason that they were such.

Just what met the eye and ear was jotted down and is now revised after a
lapse of time, without indulging much in meditation or reflection; these
are rather suggested by the occurrences, that they may be followed out by
the reader. Inasmuch, however, as the incidents relate to out-of-the-way
places, and various seasons of the year, they may be found to contain an
interest peculiar to themselves, and the account of them may not
interfere wit