Boiling cocoons to loosen fibre ends in Syria's largest silk reeling plant, Mt. Lebanon

The Christian hospital on the shore of Galilee; the sea where Christ healed so many, Tiberias, Palestine

An oriental home with its large upper chamber, near Jaffa, Palestine

Beautiful little church of the Syrian Christians, Jerusalem, Palestine

The splendid crusaders' chapel over the tomb of St. George, Lydda, Palestine

Crude makers of beautiful goods; making the famous inlaid pearl work, Damascus, Syria

A sword maker of Damascus, whose swords were once considered the finest in the world, Syria

"There's no place like home!"; dwelling and shop of a Gypsy blacksmith, Syria

Beit Jala, Palestine, the Giloh of the Bible (2 Sam. xv, 12)

Moslem band playing at the Turkish barracks near the Jaffa gate, Jerusalem