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CONTENTS oF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

LETTER XXXV. Monastery of St. Saviour at Jerusalem—Table of the Fathers — Lent kept by them—Extortions of the Turks—Letter on this Subject to the French Ambassador at Constantinople— Franciscan Missionaries — Letter and Donation of Henry VIII. of England—Gifis of the Sovereigns of Europe to the Establishments in the Holy Land — Pilgrims of Dis- tinction in the Fifteenth Century — Annoyance of the Catholies by the Greeks—Comparison between the Greek and Latin Clergy—Retlexious on the Situation of the Latin Fathers of the Holy Land

LETTER XXXVI.

Preparations for leaving Jerusalem — Last Farewell to the Sanctua- ries at Bethlehem: the Tombs of Mary and Joseph; the Grotto of the Agony; the Garden of Olives—Last Night passed in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Grief at Leaving those Sacred Places—Departure from Jerusalem for Jaffa—The Plague in the Holy City — M. Catafago, Aus- trian Vice-Consul— Ravages of the Plague at Rome — Jaffa — Ibrahim Aga, the Governor; His Cruelty— Wedding of M, Catafago’s Ne- phew a g p 2 5 el 20 LETTER XXXVII.

Departure from Jaffa for Nazareth with M. Catafago and his Family —Supper in his Tent — Mysterious Frame — Exeessive Heat — Dust— Lurking Arabs—Fire—Hills of Galilee—Plain of Esdrelon, or Valley of Jesrael—Carmel — Tabor — Bedouins; their Hospitality—Reception of the new-married Couple at Nazareth — Entry into the Town — Visit to the Church. i é é : 3 + 80