A shirt covered them in rather an imperfect manner, and a handkerchief bound round their heads protected them from a coup de soleil.

The captain was distinguished from the rest only by his turban, which looked ridiculous enough, surmounting his half-clad form.

Their diet consisted of a single warm meal of pilau or beans, eaten in the evening.

During the day they stayed their appetites with bread.
Their drink was water.
The town of Joppa, extending from the sea-shore to the summit of a rather considerable and completely isolated hill, has a most peculiar appearance.

The lower street is surrounded by a wall, and appears sufficiently broad; the remaining streets run up the face of the hills, and seem at a distance to be resting on the houses below.
Viewing the town from our boat, I could have sworn that people were walking about on flat house-tops.
As Joppa boasts neither an inn nor a convent which might shelter a traveller, I waited upon the Consul of the Austrian Empire, Herr D---, who received me very kindly and introduced me to his family, which comprised his lady, three sons, and three daughters.