Excerpt from Letters From the East, Vol. 2 of 2: Written During a Recent Tour Through Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria and Greece Privileges of the Catholic and Greek Monks. - Pro cession to the tomb of Lazarus. - pilgrims.-hill of Michmash. - Sepulchres of the J ews. - Refiections on the modern J ews.-a zealous Monk, and a solitary Greek - Scene of the death of Hezekiah - Situation of the Mosques. - Village of Lazarea - Second visit to the Monks of St. Saba. - The Monastery described. - Ibra him, and the Cave of Engedi. - Caves in the Wilder ness of Ziph, and bones there discovered. - The Greek Monks. - Money paid for the purchase of images, and for entertainment. - Solitude of the monks.-party of Armenians - Feast of Easter. - Ceremony of the Holy Light. - The Synagogue. - Jewish ceremony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.