THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
Evening in the harbor of Beirut Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Along the coast north of Beirut 4
Looking up the western slopes of Lebanon 5
Lebanon soldiers 16
Village of Deir el-Kamr 17
Bay of Beirut and Mount Sunnin 26
Pine groves of Beirut 27
Bridge over the Dog River 36
Procession in Beirut 38
Students of the American College 48
Cape of Beirut viewed from Lebanon 49
Old Bridge over the Barada River 70
Cascade in the Yarmuk Valley 71
A caravan 82
Damascus—a distant view 83
Damascus—one of the more modern avenues 100
A Syrian café 101
Damascus—court of a private residence 112
Damascus—Moslem cemetery 113
Damascus—The Street called Straight 120
Damascus—The Omayyade Mosque 121
Palmyra—General view of the ruins 134
Palmyra—the Triple Gate 135
Funeral procession of the patriarch 160
A summer camp in Lebanon 161
The Cedar Mountain 170
Source of the Kadisha River 171
The oldest Cedar of Lebanon 182
Baalbek—the six great columns 183
Baalbek—the stone in the quarry 198
Hama—the Orontes River 199
Maps and Plans
The railway from Beirut to Damascus 62
Cross-section of Syria 64
The Hauran 74
The temples of Baalbek 194