THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
Part 5, Chapters 41 to 49
by Mark Twain
INNOCENTS ABROAD
by Mark Twain
[From an 1869—1st Edition]
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER XLI.
Vandalism Prohibited—Angry Pilgrims—Approaching Holy Land!—The "ShrillNote of Preparation"—Distress About Dragomans andTransportation—The "Long Route" Adopted—In Syria—Something about Beirout—A ChoiceSpecimen of a Greek "Ferguson"—Outfits—Hideous Horseflesh—Pilgrim"Style"—What of Aladdin's Lamp?
CHAPTER XLII.
"Jacksonville," in the Mountains of Lebanon—Breakfasting above a GrandPanorama—The Vanished City—The Peculiar Steed, "Jericho"—The PilgrimsProgress—Bible Scenes—Mount Hermon, Joshua's Battle Fields,etc.—The Tomb of Noah—A Most Unfortunate People
CHAPTER XLIII.
Patriarchal Customs—Magnificent Baalbec—Description of theRuins—Scribbling Smiths and Joneses—Pilgrim Fidelity to the Letter of theLaw—The Revered Fountain of Baalam's Ass
CHAPTER XLIV.
Extracts from Note-Book—Mahomet's Paradise and the Bible's—BeautifulDamascus the Oldest City on Earth—Oriental Scenes within the Curious OldCity—Damascus Street Car—The Story of St. Paul—The "Street calledStraight"—Mahomet's Tomb and St. George's—The ChristianMassacre—Mohammedan Dread of Pollution—The House ofNaaman—The Horrors of Leprosy
CHAPTER XLV.
The Cholera by way of Variety—Hot—Another Outlandish Procession—Penand-Ink Photograph of "Jonesborough," Syria—Tomb of Nimrod, the MightyHunter—The Stateliest Ruin of All—Stepping over the Borders ofHoly