Travels in Syria and the Holy Land (Paperback)

Editor's preface W. M. Leake; 1. Journal of a tour from Damascus, in the countries of the Libanus and Anti-Libanus; 2. Journal of an excursion into the Haouran, in the autumn and winter of 1810; 3. Journal of a tour from Aleppo to Damascus, through the valley of the Orontes and Mount Libanus, in February and March, 1812; 4. Journal of a tour from Damascus into the Haouran, and the mountains to the E. and S. E. of the Lake of Tiberias, in the months of April and May, 1812; 5. Description of a journey from Damascus through the mountains of Arabia Petraea and Desert el Ty, to Cairo, in the summer of 1812; 6. Journal of a tour in the peninsula of Mount Sinai, in the spring of 1816; Appendix: 1. An account of the Ryhanlu Turkmans; 2. On the political division of Syria, and the recent changes in the government of Aleppo; 3. The Hadj route from Damascus to Mekka; 4. Description of the route from Boszra in the Haouran, to Djebel Shammor; 5. A route to the eastward of the Castle El Hassa.