Excerpt from The Land of Gilead With Excursions in the Lebanon Ever, it was scarcely to be expected that the Turkish Government would consent to adopt a radical meas ure Of this kind, and apply it throughout the extent of its vast Asiatic dominions, it occurred to me that an experiment might be made on a small scale, and that an evidence might thus be afforded to the Porte of the advantages which would attend the development of a single province, however small, under conditions which should increase the revenue of the empire, add to its population and resources, secure protec tion of life and property, and enlist the sympathy of Europe, without in any way affecting the sovereign rights of the Sultan. As the Objection to all reforms. 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.