There were large rooms here in plenty, but all were empty, and the unglazed windows could not even be closed by shutters.
Houses of entertainment of this description barely shield the traveller from the weather.

We took possession of a large entrance- hall for our night's quarters, and made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
Count Berchtold and I walked into the town of Djaebbehl (Byblus).
This place is, as I have already mentioned, surrounded by a wall; it contains also a small bazaar, where we did not find much to buy.
The majority of dwellings are built in gardens of mulberry-trees.
The castle lies rather high, and is still in the condition to which it was reduced after the siege by the English in 1840; the side fronting the ocean has sustained most damage.

This castle is now uninhabited, but some of the lower rooms are converted into stables.
Not far off we found some fragments of ancient pillars; an amphitheatre is said to have once stood here.
July 10th.
To-day Herr Sattler had quite recovered his health, so that we could again commence our journey, according to custom, early in the morning.

Our road lay continually by the sea-shore.

The views were always picturesque and beautiful, as on the way from Batrun to Djaebbehl; but to-day we had the additional luxury of frequently coming upon brooks which flowed from the neighbouring Lebanon, and of passing springs bursting forth near the seashore; one indeed so close to the sea, that the waves continually dashed over it.
After riding forward for four hours, we reached the so-called "Dog's-river," the greatest and deepest on the whole journey.