Preparations for a journey to Bâlbec--Precautions against the plague--Departure from Meshmûshy--Heavy attire--The author loses his road--Cheerless night--Drûze hospitality--Barûk--Bur Elias--Village of Malaka--Cottages in the Bkâ--Hard dumplings--Grumbling servants--Misery of villages in the territory of Bâlbec--Mode of encampment--Arrival at Bâlbec 1 Residence at Bâlbec--Visit to the governor, the Emir Jahjáh--Wretchedness of Bâlbec--Bath Scene--Encampment of Lady Hester at Ras el Ayn--Sepulchral caverns--Greek bishop of Bâlbec--Catholic priest--Climate--Departure from Bâlbec--Any Ayty--Hurricane--Bsharry--Mineral springs--Dress of women--Village of Ehden, conjectured by some to be the sit…
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