THE GOLD-MINES OF MIDIAN

AND

THE RUINED MIDIANITE CITIES.

THE INNER LIFE OF SYRIA, PALESTINE, AND THE HOLY LAND.

BY MRS. RICHARD BURTON.

With Photographic Portraits of Captain Burton and the Author, and with Coloured Illustrations and Map.

Second Edition, 2 vols. demy 8vo. Price 245.

"Vivid pictures of the outer as well as the Inner Life of Syria.”— PALL MALL GAZETTE.

"Her account of harem life is one of the best and most truthful that has yet appeared."-ACADEMY.

"Vivid, clever, and brilliant sketches of Damascus and the Mahommedan and Christian races of Syria.”—EDINBURGH Review.

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON.

THE GOLD-MINES OF MIDIAN

AND

THE RUINED MIDIANITE CITIES.

A FORTNIGHT'S TOUR

IN NORTH-WESTERN ARABIA.

BY

RICHARD F. BURTON,

MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT EGYPTIEN.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

1878.

то

HIS HIGHNESS

ISMAIL I.,

KHEDIV OF EGYPT,

A RULER WHOSE LOVE OF PROGRESS

AND WHOSE PRINCELY HOSPITALITY

HAVE MADE THE NILE-VALLEY, ONCE MORE,

THE RESORT OF SCIENCE

AND

THE DELIGHT OF TRAVELLERS,

These Pages

ARE RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.