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promontory of Okesra—Burning field—Fire worshippers—Curious
experiment—Fountains of white naphtha—Hall of naphtha—Arrives
at Ispahan—Visits the ruins of Persepolis—Description of Shiraz—Tombs
of Hafiz and Saadi—Resides at Bander-Abassi—Is attacked by
the endemic fever—Recovers—Retires to the mountains of Laristân—Mountains
of Bonna—Serpent—Chameleons—Animal in whose
stomach the bezoar is found—Sails for India—Arrives at Batavia—Visits
Siam—Sails along the coast of China—Strange birds—Storms—Arrival
in Japan—Journey to Jeddo—Audience of the emperor—Manners
and customs of the Japanese—Returns to Europe—Marries—Is
unfortunate—Publishes his "Amœnitates"—Dies—His manuscripts
published by Sir Hans Sloane 271


HENRY MAUNDRELL.

Appointed chaplain to the English factory at Aleppo—Sets out on a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem—Crosses the Orontes—Wretched village—Inhospitable
villagers—Takes refuge from a tempest in a Mussulman
tomb—Distant view of Latikeah—Syrian worshippers of Venus—Tripoli—River
of Adonis—Maronite convents—Palace and gardens
of Fakreddin—Sidon—Cisterns of Solomon—Mount Carmel—Plains
of Esdraelon—Dews of Hermon—Jerusalem—Jericho—The Jordan—The
Dead Sea—Apples of Sodom—Bethlehem—Mount Lebanon—Damascus—Baalbec—The
cedars—Returns to Aleppo—Conclusion. 305