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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| PIPES AND COFFEE. — | 178 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| JOURNEY TO ANTIOCH AND ALEPPO. | |
| Change of Plans — Routes to Baghdad — Asia Minor — We sail from Beyrout — Yachting on the Syrian Coast — Tartus and Latakiyeh — The Coasts of Syria — The Bay of Suediah — The Mouth of the Orontes — Landing — The Garden of Syria — Ride to Antioch — The Modern City — The Plains of the Orontes — Remains of the Greek Empire — The Ancient Road — The Plain of Keftin — Approach to Aleppo | 186 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| LIFE IN ALEPPO. | |
| Our Entry into Aleppo — We are conducted to a House — Our Unexpected Welcome — The Mystery Explained — Aleppo — Its Name — Its Situation — The Trade of Aleppo — The Christians — The Revolt of 1850 — Present Appearance of the City — Visit to Osman Pasha — The Citadel — View from the Battlements — Society in Aleppo — Etiquette and Costume — Jewish Marriage Festivities — A Christian Marriage Procession — Ride around the Town — Nightingales — The Aleppo Button — A Hospital for Cats — Ferhat Fasha | 196 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| THROUGH THE SYRIAN GATES. | |
| An Inauspicious Departure — The Ruined Church of St. Simon — The Plain of Antioch — A Turcoman Encampment — Climbing Akma Dagh — The Syrian Gates — Scanderoon — An American Captain — Revolt of the Koords — We take a Guard — The Field of Issus — The Robber-Chief, Kutchuk All — A Deserted Town — A Land of Gardens | 215 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| ADANA AND TARSUS. | |
| The Black Gate — The Plain of Cilicia — A Koord Village — Missis — Ciliclan Scenery — Arrival at Adana — Three days in Quarantine — We receive Pratique — A Landscape — The Plain of Tarsus — The River Cydnus — A Vision of Cleopatra — Tarsus and its Environs — The Duniktash — The Moon of Ramazan | 226 |
