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6. Head Piece...............................................033 7. Steamer Day..............................................034 8. The Judge’s First Day at Sea.............................035 9. The Judge’s Second Day at Sea............................036 10. The Race................................................039 11. The Judge...............................................040 12. A Practical Joke........................................044 13. Head Piece..............................................048 14. Fraternizing............................................050 15. Eternal Friendship......................................051 16. Proof of the Affray.....................................052 17. Avenging an Insult......................................054 18. “I must have a Duel”....................................055 19. An Imperial Wine Cellar.................................060 20. Head Piece..............................................063 21. “Salt by Yer”...........................................068 22. The Snoring Match.......................................069 23. The Doubter.............................................071 24. A Turkish “Hamal”.......................................073 25. Tail Piece..............................................077 26. Head Piece..............................................078 27. Among the Fleas.........................................079 28. A Toilet in Public......................................082 29. “Natives of the Country”................................085 30. Precautionary Measures..................................086 31. “She is a Jewess”.......................................089 32. The Palace Tshiragan....................................091 33. Head Piece..............................................093 34. Shirking the Cemetery...................................097 35. “Fresh Paint”...........................................100 36. Driving a Bargain.......................................104 37. A Night at Baidar.......................................106 38. Caught in the Act.......................................108 39. Tail Piece..............................................109 40. Head Piece..............................................110 41. Putting in his “Best Licks”.............................112 42. “Backsheesh”............................................113 43. An Impressive Scene.....................................116 44. Constantinople from the Tower of Golata—Full..........116 45. Head Piece..............................................123 46. A Street in Constantinople..............................124 47. Strategy................................................126 48. The Reconnoitre.........................................129 49. The Retreat.............................................130 50. A Damas-cussed Dog......................................131 51. Stowing the Sandwiches..................................132 52. Admiring the Mosque.....................................132 53. A Sudden Attack.........................................132 54. The Pursuit.............................................133 55. A Hopeless Chase........................................133 56. “Retrospection”.........................................134 57. Tail Piece..............................................135 58. Headpiece...............................................135 59. A Sedan Chair...........................................136 60. A Turkish Beauty........................................137 61. An Importunate Moslem...................................143 62. Extorting “Backsheesh”..................................144 63. Head Piece..............................................145 64. End of the Fast and Beginning of the Feast.............146 65. “Good-Bye, my Friend, Good-Bye”.........................148 66. A Turkish “Cavass”......................................149 67. Head Piece..............................................153 68. Moslems at Prayer.......................................154 69. “Bismillah”............................................155 70. The “Duplicate”.........................................157 71. Muezzin announcing the Hour of Prayer...................158 72. An Oriental Boot Jack...................................160 73. Fartha, or Opening Chapter of the Koran.................163 74. Tail Piece..............................................165 75. Head Piece..............................................166 76. A Whirling Dervish......................................170 77. Effect of too much Whirling.............................171 78. Howling as a Profession.................................173 79. Homopathic Treatment....................................175 80. Head Piece..............................................177 81. Some of the Brothers of Far-Away Moses..................178 82. Interviewing a Purser...................................184 83. Head Piece..............................................187 84. Head Piece..............................................197 85. View of Athens and the Acropolis........................199 86. The Decline of Greece...................................201 87. Greek Priest of Modern Times............................204 88. “Doing” the Ruins.......................................206 89. Tail Piece.............................................212 90. Head Piece..............................................213 91. Sending Up the Ear of a Victim..........................217 92. Head Piece.............................................225 93. Pickling the “Doubter”..................................229 94. “Backsheesh!” “Backsheesh!”.............................231 95. Head Piece..............................................236 96. Inspecting the Crew.....................................241 97. Bad “Backsheesh.”—“It was Counterfeit”.................243 98. St. Jean D’Acre—Full Paye..............................249 99. A Tricky Beast..........................................254 100. Beyrout and the Mountains of Lebanon—Full Page........257 101. “Mou Dieu! Is this the Party for Damascus?”............262 102. Head Piece.............................................264 103. The Cedars of Lebanon—Full Page.......................265 104. Cedar of Lebanon.......................................270 105. Great Stone at Baalbek.................................272 106. Portal of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek.............275 107. Court of a House in Damascus...........................279 108. Moslem Women Weeping at a Tomb.........................282 109. Syrian Jew with Phylactery.............................285 110. A Money Changer in the Bazaar..........................288 111. Flat Roofed Houses—Damascus...........................291 112. Abd-el-Kader...........................................293 113. We “Strip to ze buff”..................................296 114. “You will have all ze luxuries”........................296 115. We Enter “Ze Bain Beautiful”...........................297 116. One of the Luxuries....................................297 117. Softening the Asperities...............................298 118. A Not One..............................................298 119. “What is Curlew?”......................................305 120. A Bedouin Encampment...................................308 121. A Bedouin of the Desert................................309 122. The Terror of the Desert on his Arabian Charger........311 123. Enins of Palmyra—Full Page............................315 124. Hebron—Full Page......................................319 125. Mount Carmel—Full Page................................323 126. An Inhabited Boot,.....................................325 127. Ploughing in Syria,....................................332 128. All that remains of Capernaum,.........................334 129. “Backsheesh! O Howadji!”...............................335 130. The Sea of Tibenas—Full Page..........................337 131. Magdala,...............................................339 132. Unhorsing the “Doubter,”...............................342 133. Nazareth—Full Page....................................345 134. Jeivs of Nazareth—Full Page...........................349 135. A Syrian Water Bearer,.................................353 136. Jerusalem and Surrounding Country—Full Page...........359 137. Sidon—Full Page.......................................365 138. Tyre,..................................................368 139. Tail Piece,............................................369 140. Jaffa—Full Page.......................................371 141. Our Dragoman, Ali Soloman,............................374 141. “Backsheesh,”..........................................376 143. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives—Full Page..........377 144. Ancient Arch; Portion of the Haram Wall,...............380 145. A Street in Jerusalem,................................381 146. Arched Street and Fountain, Jerusalem,.................382 147. Jdrindpal Street of Jerusalem—Full Page...............383 148. The Golden Gate, Jerusalem,...........................386 149. Interior of the Golden Gate,...........................387 150. Site of the Temple, Jerusalem,.........................388 151. Ancient Signet Ring,...................................389 152. Ancient Signet Ring,...................................389 153. Exploring the Substructions,...........................390 154. Underground—Beneath the City of Jerusalem.............391 155. The Valley of Jehoshapliat,............................393 156. Wailing Place of the Jews, Jerusalem,..................394 157. Walls of the Church of the Presentation—Full Page.....395 158. Bethlehem—Full Page..................................399 159. Chinch of the Nativity, Bethlehem—Full Page...........405 160. Monastery of Mar Saba—Full Page.......................409 161. A Formidable Escort,...................................414 162. Bathing Place of the Pilgrims on the Jordan............417 163. The “Doubter’s” Mishap,................................420 164. The Mount of Olives—Full Page.........................423 165. Pool of Hezekiah,......................................426 166. West Door, Church of the Holy Sepulchre................427 167. Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Full Page................429 168. The Fountain of the Virgin,............................433 169. Doubter’—Sixpence,”...................................436 170. Jaffa Orange Seller,...................................438 171. Tail Piece,............................................439 172. Water Bearers at the Railway Station, Cairo,...........447 173. Praying in the Streets of Cairo,.......................448 174. Cairo—Full Page.......................................449 175. Massacre of the Mamalukes—Full Page...................455 176. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt,........................458 177. A Tough One,...........................................459 178. Head Piece.............................................468 179. Tombs of the Sultans—Cairo—Full Page..................469 180. “O Ye Thirsty,”........................................472 181. Children Bread Sellers in the Streets of Cairo,.......473 182. Mosque of the Sultan Hassan, at Cairo—Full Page.......475 183. Young Street Arabs of Cairo,...........................477 184. Shoe Peddler in the Bazaar,............................479 185. Latticed Windows—Cairo,...............................480 186. An Auctioneer in the Bazaars,..........................485 187. A Syce,...............................................489 188. Donkey Drivers of Cairo—Full Page.....................491 189. Not up to the Dodge,...................................494 190. An Egyptian Eunuch,....................................496 191. An Arab School—Full Page..............................503 192. Ceremony of the Doseh,.................................510 193. A Shadoof for Drawing Water from the Nile.............515 194. Climbing the Pyramid,..................................518 195. The Ascent of the Judge,...............................520 196. An Arab Feat,.........................................522 197. The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh..............523 198. A Nile Boat............................................530 199. The Serapeum—Memphis—Full Page........................537 200. Landing Place at Beni-Soef—Full Page.................545 201. Sugar Cane Seller at Minieh,..........................549 202. An Inconvenient Position,..............................552 203. Siout—Upper Egypt—Full Page..........................555 204. “Nargeeleh,”...........................................557 205. Siout Egg Merchant,....................................558 206. Egyptian Gamblers,.....................................559 207. “Aoz, Eh?”.............................................663 208. “Dusting” for “Backsheesh,”............................566 209. An Egyptian Ghawazee,..................................569 210. Ghawazee and Musicians,................................570 211. An Egyptian Musician,..................................574 212. Egyptian Water Carriers Filling their Jars.............575 213. Ruins of the Temple of Denderah, Upper Egypt...........579 214. Entrance to the Temple of Luxor........................587 215. The Memnonlum and the Ruined Statue....................593 216. Sitting Colossi,.......................................595 217. A Fresh One............................................599 218. Interior of a Harem....................................601 219. A Murderous Assault,...................................607 220. A Nubian Belle,........................................609 221. A Nubian Lady..........................................610 222. An Egyptian Sakfdeh, Drawing Water from the Nile.......611 213. All Affectionate Beast.................................613 214. Luxuries of Camel Riding...............................615 225. Egyptian God Osiris....................................617 226. Egyptian Goddess Isis..................................618 227. Island of Phike, or Sacred Island—Full Page...........619 218. Sacred Lotus of the Egyptians—Full Page...............627 219. Modern Egyptian Gristmill..............................630 230. A Nubian Warrior.......................................632 231. Papyrus of the Egyptians—Full Page....................633 231. Biting the Dust........................................641 233. Women of Cairo—Full Page..............................655 234. Bread Seller in the Streets of Cairo...................659 235. A Lady of the Harem....................................662 236. An Egyptian Barber.....................................665 237. Alexandria—Full Page..................................671 238. Court of a House in Egypt,.............................673 239. A Bedouin Encampment near Cairo,.......................675 240. The Madonna Tree,......................................676 241. Boot Blacks of Cairo,..................................679 242. Mosque of Sultan Berkook, and Fountain of Ismail.......682 243. Modern Egyptian Oven,..................................683 244. Palace of the Viceroy, near Alexandria—Full Page......689