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. |