stones of granite occupy the space of one hundred and seventy-five and a half feet, and another has sixty-nine feet of length, twelve of breadth, and thirteen of thickness. You alone, sublime genius! can solve the problem, whether it is the work of common men, or of a race of beings superior to our own.

Re-ascending mount Libanus, I wished to smell its boasted cedars, see Eden, the grottos of Canobin, and the horrible cave of the great Egyptian hermit. Oh! how the pure and sweet life of the patriarchs flourishes here. Here is that simplicity and peace

that man in vain seeks amongst mankind.

After returning to Phoenicia, I went to Tripoli, to Tortosa, witness of the great congress in the first crusade; to Eleutherius, Sober; to the city of Gabale, which preserves one of its amphitheatres; to Laodicea, where Signor Agostino Lazzari entertained me with more than social treatment; and penetrating amongst the mountains of the Arsarites, I arrived at the Milky Waters of Orontes and at Antioch, an object worthy of contest.

From Theopolis, by a road covered with abusive inhabitants, I came to the more flourishing Aleppo, thence to the Euphrates, and hardly touching Mesopotamia, the sound of Ninevah and Babylon already struck my fancy, and drew it away more rapidly than the steed of Elimaides, the chariot of Cyrus.

Passing again through Aleppo, I kept the other road of Damascus by Apamea, Cima, and Emesa, where the delicately fairhaired, white-complexioned nymphs display themselves, with their black eyes, more beautiful than were ever produced by the native of Urbino or by Titian.

Whilst I was enjoying the presence of Emesa, the catastrophe of the Palmyrenes came to my memory, and the blood of the acute Longinus almost drew from me a tear.

Warmly recommended to the governor of Damascus by the excellent Piciotto, consul-general of Austria in Aleppo, a son worthy of his father, I advanced towards Palmyra, in company with a single guide, and, after five days of a most troublesome journey, reposed in the court of Odenatus and Zenobia.

But what can I tell you of this memorable spot, which so much electrifies the intellects, unless that about thirty towers, the Temple of the Sun, and three hundred columns scattered here and there, over a soil covered with sand, and still standing to eternize

the great Palmyra? What I pass over in silence shall blossom in my future little work.

In fifteen months, and about seven thousand miles, I have passed through the Mediterranean, Misraim, Nubia, Kedar, Idumea, Phi listia, Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Phoenicia, Cole, Syria, and Mesopotamia, having seen the sea of Pentapolis, have drank of that of Tiberias, and the Nile, the Jordan, Orontes, and Euphrates; have ascended the Pyramids, Sion, Gerezim, Tabor, Libanus, and Carmel, and have reposed in the tombs of Thebes, amongst the cata, racts of Nubia, and upon the dust of Memphis, Heliopolis, Ash. kalon, Tyre, Sidon, Balbeck, Palmyra, Samaria, and Jerusalem.

II.

Mount Sinai, 8th May, 1819.

I write to you from the most memorable heights in the world; but hear how I came hither.

Having closed the letter which I directed to you from the ruins of Palmyra, I followed the silent contemplation of those remarkable remains, and, under the protection of the hospitality of the modern Palmyrenes, who are the best Arabs I know of, I passed joyful and tranquil hours.

Their questions turned upon Boneborte (Bonaparte) and my Lady Stanhope; the former they remembered from his expedition into Soria, for the fame of him resounded greatly amongst them; and the latter for the liberality displayed in the journey which she undertook in the desert.

Their curiosity and my own being satisfied, I continued my journey with my guide, and arrived at Damascus. Thence, through Cole and Syria, I ascended Libanus once more, which I was delighted to contemplate amidst the horrors of the winter, and descending to Berytus by Phoenicia, the pleasant Philistia, and the wearisome Elam, I returned to the Nile.

After one day's repose, I went to offer my personal tribute to the pyramids, and a-propos of these heaps, while I was writing my name upon the third, called Phryne, I perceived that Frediani was the anagram of Dia Frine.

I then returned to Cairo, and as the pestilential scourge was beginning to mow down human victims, instead of remaining

there I thought it better to continue my journey, and three days of sand made me ejaculate Dulce Videre Suez.

Having admired the progress and decrease of the waters, I put myself on board an India ship, commanded by the excellent captain Laudale; and embarking afterwards in a small boat, I sailed as far as Der Essafran, where it is believed Israel passed over, and traversing almost in a right line the famous sea, I approached Del el Hamman.

Departing by the waters of Suez, I had ordered my Arabs to wait for me at a place indicated, and judge of my surprise upon my arrival to find no one there!

The solitude of the place, the inefficiency of the bark to continue as far as Tor, the wind contrary for my return to Suez, the want of provisions, and water particularly, were the mournful thoughts that sat heavy upon my heart.

But that immutable eternal Providence, ever present where he least appears so, but where most necessary, caused in an instant my guides to approach: whence by the path of the Chosen People I trod upon Pavan and Sin, and sighing, arrived at the sides of these mountains, which are Sinai and Horeb.

The first idea I conceived, when for the first time I heard of Mount Libanus, was that of an insulated mountain, and in such respect all the ideas of men are alike, whence I shall call it Country of Libany, instead of Libanus; that country as large almost as our Abruzzo, and larger than our Tyrol, which comprises luxuriant valleys, fertile meadows, flowing rivers, beautiful hills, very high mountains, populous towns, ten bishoprics, seventy principalities, and which can produce fifty thousand champions for the protection of its precious liberty.

III.

Cairo, 1st December, 1820.

Leaving Horeb and Sinai, from the summits of which I gazed at lands which form lucid points in the blaze of human intellect I descended into the country of Elim, where still are to be scen the palms and the wells that quenched the thirst of the Jews.

Having cooled myself in Tor, where I tried its waters, I returned by the road of Suez to Cairo, and going down to Alexan

dria, I turned towards the lake Mareotis, thence to that of Maadic and Etko, and making an excursion in merry company to the beautiful Rosetta, I traversed the branch Bolbitina, the Delta, and arrived at the ruins of Botis, and the mouth of the Sebene, upon the Fammeticus branch, in modern Damietta.

Embarking thence upon the lake of Memale, and arrived at the islands of Mataria, I advanced into the canal of Moez, whence I might view the scattered remains of Tænis, and returning to the lake, I recognized the Tanities and Pelusiac mouths, with the Bogas of Rahi.

Disembarked upon the shore, I arrived through the desert at the side of Mount Casius, and the day following ascended that celebrated eminence, whence I came to Pelusium, that famous Rey of Egypt, and trusting myself once more to the waves, I visited the islands of Tennis and Thuria, and passing over the Mendesian mouth, I returned to Damietta.

Reposing a little I took diversion upon the lake, and penetrated by the canal of Moez into that of Salahie, and descending into the desert, I found endless fields of soda, both vegetable and mineral.

Whence approaching the Nile, I arrived by the canal of Asmun, at the city of Benhi, the ancient Mendes; thence upon the branch Fammeticus to the bed fatal to Louis IX; and finally returned to Grand Cairo.

Now that, thanks to the magnanimous Viceroy of Egypt, the brave Mahomet Ali, and his faithful minister Burgoss Jusuff, I am furnished with ample and generous means of penetrating into spaces shut up by the seal of ages, I am preparing to approach the torrid zone, where I hope to show to Italy that I am not entirely unworthy of belonging to her.

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• Indeed Bishop Wilson's Bible is an exception to the verses, but not as to the chapters.