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

A Persian camp of pilgrims to Mecca, Jaffa, Palestine

Calesthenics at Miss Arnot's Mission, 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

The bridegroom riding to the home of the bride, Ramallah, Palestine

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

The bazaar, Joffa[i.e., Jaffa], Palestine

Travellers on the River Jordan, Palestine

Young girls of Bethlehem, Judea

Jerusalem, the City of David, from "New Calvary", Palestine

Festivities after Ramadan in Moslem cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine

At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria

Third class carriage, Sultan's Railway, Syria

In Cana of Galilee, Palestine

Peasant women near Joppa Gate, Jerusalem

Tomb of Joseph. Vale of Shechem, Palestine

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

Tiberias Jewish fishermen by the Sea of Galilee, Palestine

Tomb of Tabitha, Jaffa, Palestine

Women of Ramah in native costume, Palestine

A group of Gypsies from Mt. Hermon, Samaria, Palestine

Native women washing wool in a spring near Jenin, Palestine

Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine

A woman of modern Jericho, baking unleavened bread, Palestine