to the Father. Glory to the Son. Glory to the Holy Spirit.' On the same paper is a promise of 300 days indulgence to every one, who says, with a humble and contrite heart, 'Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, with my heart I give you my soul. Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, let my soul depart in peace with you. Then a form for blessing, 'the adorable name of God, for the repairing of the abuses of blasphemy.' It is as follows, 'Blessed be God.-Blessed be his name.-Blessed be Jesus true God, true man.— Blessed be the name of Jesus.-Blessed be Jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar.-Blessed be the great mother of God, most holy Mary.--Blessed be the name of Mary, virgin, Mother.-Blessed be God in his angels and saints.' A promise is made of one whole year's indulgence to every one, that recites the above.

"The women in and around Nazareth go unveiled; and their principal ornaments are strings of money worn on their head dress. These coins differ in value from the para, which is worth only the fourth of a cent, to the mahmoodia, which is worth more than three dollars. Paras are worn in great numbers, and a string of silver coins, worth about ten or twenty cents each, is often passed over the forehead, and left to hang down on both sides of the face. Women, who wore money to considerable amount on their head dress, were seen barefoot with mean and often ragged clothing, bringing pitchers of water to town on their heads.

"8. Nazareth is situated on the side of a hill, and nearly at its foot. The hill faces east and south east. Before the town is a valley, about a mile long, and from 50 to 100 rods wide, running north and south, and by being surrounded by hills, it is made a complete basin. It is a charming spot, and I love to reflect as I walk over the plain of Nazareth, and the hills around it, that our Lord and Sa

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viour used to walk over the same ground. this valley there is a passage out to the south into the great plain of Esdraelon. From the town you walk about twenty minutes over the plain, the hills on the right and left converging till there remains only a strong, narrow ravine, about a mile in length. On the right hand of this passage, as it opens into the plain of Esdraelon, is a precipice, rough, steep, and high. This is shown you as the brow of the hill, whence the Jews wished to precipitate our Lord. See Luke iv, 29. It is indeed the brow of the hill, on which Nazareth stands, though at a considerable distance from the town."

ΤΟ HIS FATHER.

"Nazareth, Nov. 7, 1823.

"I sit down to address you from the city where Joseph and Mary lived, and where the angel Gabriel announced the great mystery of the incarnation. Here Jesus lived after his return from Egypt, being subject to his parents. Here he labored as a carpenter with his reputed father. It was here that he could do but few mighty works, 'because of their unbelief.' Mark vi, 5. It was here that his preaching so enraged the multitude, that they attempted to cast him down headlong from the brow of the hill, on which their city was built. Not far from this is Mount Tabor, where our Lord was transfigured before his disciples, and the Mount on which, it is believed he preached, when he fed the multitude with five loaves of bread. At no great distance also are Nain, Capernaum, Tiberias, and the lake of GenTo walk over the ground where our Lord used to walk, will neither make us holy, nor subdue our sins. It is only imitating his example that will do this. Here he went about doing good. May I also be an instrument of doing good, as I go about in the same places.

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"There are several important fields in this region, which it is desirable that some missionary should visit, and survey; as Armenia, Mesopotamia, Persia, Abyssinia; and the states of Barbary. Perhaps it may appear to be my duty to go through some of these countries.

"Such journies, I know will be attended with danger and difficulties. But if duty is made plain, it is always safe to proceed. Let all my brothers and sisters know, that I remember them very affectionately. I hope they are well and happy, walking in the fear of God, and training up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.' May the God of Abraham make your old age serene and happy, and if we do not meet again in this world. O may we meet in the presence of God, to dwell there forever."

"10. At eight o'clock left Nazareth for Tiberias, now called Tabaria. Going a little south of east, we soon came in sight of Tabor and Hermon. Tabor rises majestically, like a vast pyramid. Hermon is longer, and partially broken. At the foot of Hermon, on the north, our guide pointed out Nain, now a Turkish village. Tabor is nearly north of Hermon. The country we passed was covered with shrub-oak, and the soil seemed rich. At half past ten, we arrived at Kham-Sook or Market Tavern. Here are two old castles, and here the merchants of Nazareth, the people of the villages, and the Arabs from the mountains, hold a fair, every Monday. When we arrived, we found about 1000 people assembled, buying and selling cattle and merchandize of all sorts. We rested till twelve, and then set off for Tiberias, our course a little north of east, and arrived at 3 o'clock.

"You perceive neither Tiberias, nor its lake, till you approach very near them; and then, from the hill, you have a good view of both. The town stands

on the shores of the lake, is surrounded by a wall, and, from the hill, makes a very decent appearance. On entering, you find a considerable part of it in ruins.

We lodged with a Jew, Signor Rafael Piciotti, the Austrian consul-general for Syria. He is now an old man, and has retired from business, to spend the eve of life quietly on the shores of this peaceful lake.

"In the evening Rabbi Samuel, who married the consul's daughter-in-law, (now thirteen or fourteen years old,) gave us the following estimate of the Jewish population. Ashkenasim (Polish Jews) 150 houses, and Sephartim (Spanish Jews) 70 or 80. Each sect have one synagogue. The Ashkenasim here are all Hasidim; there are no Perushim, (Pharisees) in the place. Rabbi Samuel says there are twenty or thirty Rabbies, who spend their whole time in reading Talmud.

"11. We went to see the hot springs. They are on the shore of the lake, a half hour's ride south of Tiberias. The plain south of the town is covered with ruins till you reach the Springs. At one of these springs a bath is erected, to which the people of the country resort. The present building was raised by Jezzar Pasha. While Mr. Jowett remained at the bath, I pursued my course south, and in another hour arrived at the south end of the lake, where the Jordan issues from it. I rode a little way down the river and passed the ruins of an old bridge, the arches of which are still standing. The river bends often and varies much in width, perhaps from thirty to one hundred yards. It is so shallow that cattle and asses were fording it without difficulty. On returning to the bath, I ascertained the temperature of the water. In the water of the lake, my thermometer stood at 76°; in the sun at 90°; in the water of the bath, at the time I went into it, (when it had cooled, by standing,) at 110°; in one spring as it issued from the ground, 131°; in another, 132°;

where it issued from under the bath, 138°; and in another place, 139°. I was told, however, that the heat varies at different times. Probably it is diminished by heavy rains. The water is sulphureous. A Jew, with whom I entered into conversation at the bath, estimated the Jewish population of Tabaria at 96 families of Ashkenasim, and 90 of Sephartim. When we returned to the town, we stopped at what is called the house of Peter. It is now a Greek Catholic church, and the only church in Tiberias. We met with the only priest in the place, and he told us that the whole number of Christian families in the town is thirty or forty, all Greek Catholics.

"12. I went with our guide Antoon Baulus, to see the ruins of Capernaum on the shore of the lake, north of Tiberias. One hour's ride brought us to an Arab village called Maydool. We then entered a plain, which we were an hour in crossing. Then passing a deserted khan, we entered upon a rough piece of road, and soon came to the ruins of an Arab house, evidently of very modern construction; yet my guide asserted that this was Bethsaida. A few rods north of it are some ruined walls but clearly of modern origin. After passing a set of mills on a brook, we came to the ruins of Capernaum, at least, to ruins which now bear that name; in about three hour's ride from Tiberias. Here are ruins which are manifestly very ancient. A part of the wall of one building still stands, and many walls appear at the surface of the ground, as well as broken columns, pedestals, and capitals. These are of hard limestone, like those of Balbec. There are now twenty or thirty uninhabited Arab huts on the ruins of the old city. Two men and one woman were repairing the roof of one, in order to make it a store-house for grain."

Returning to Tiberias Mr. Fisk visited a synagogue, with which a college was connected. He found nearly 1000 volumes of Babbinic lore in one