NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY

THROUGH

SYRIA AND PALESTINE

IN 1851 AND 1852

BY

C. W. M. VAN DE VELDE

LATE LIEUTENANT DUTCH R.N., CHEVALIER OF THE

LEGION OF HONOUR.

TRANSLATED UNDER THE AUTHOR'S SUPERINTENDENCE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

We walk by faith, not by sight."-2 COR. v. 7.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS,

EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

M.DCCC.LIV.

203. a. 242.

TO JOHN HENDERSON, ESQ.

OF PARK,

WHOSE KINDNESS, MORE THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER FRIEND,

ENCOURAGED AND ASSISTED ME IN MY INVESTIGATIONS IN PALESTINE,

THIS RECORD OF MY TOILS AND TRAVELS

IS DEDICATED

WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND GRATEFUL AFFECTION.

C. W. M. VAN DE VELDE.