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 '''THE INNER LIFE OF SYRIA, PALESTINE, AND THE HOLY LAND.'''

FROM MY PRIVATE JOURNAL, BY

ISABEL BURTON.

II

“ Ellati Zatrjuha ma’aha b’tadfr el Kamar b’asbiha.”

(“ The woman who has her husband with her (i.e. at her back) can turn the moon with her finger.”)

" El Maraa min ghayr Zaujuha mislaha tayaran maksus el Jenahh.” (“The woman without her husband is like a bird with one wing.”)

“ He travels and expatriates; as the bee From flower to flower, so he from land to land. The manners, customs, policy of all, Pay contributions to the store he gleans; He seeks intelligence from every clime. And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return,—a rich repast for me! ”

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION ,

WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND COLOURED PLATES.

LONDON:

G. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

1879.