ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND PARTS ADJACENT; IN COMPANY WITH THE EARL OF BELMORE, DURING THE YEARS 1816-17-18: EXTENDING AS FAR AS THE SECOND CATARACT OF THE NILE, ILLUSTRATED BY PLANS AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS. BY ROBERT RICHARDSON, M. D. LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN LONDON. VIRTUTE ACQUIRITUR HONOS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T., CADELL, IN THE STRAND; AND W. BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH, 1822. DEDICATION ΤΟ THE EARL OF BELMORE. MY LORD, THE work to which I here prefix your Lordship's name, is an account of the extensive and interesting tour on which I had the honor of accompanying you and your noble family. The greater part of the materials of which it is composed, was collected in your own presence, and under your own eye. Whatever novelty, therefore, other readers may find in perusing the following sheets, I cannot pretend to offer to your Lordship's mind, a gratification of so high a character. But whatever part of the narrative you may honor with your attention, whether that shall represent yourself or your noble family, engaged in witnessing a religious procession, standing by the ruins of an ancient temple, or exploring the recesses of a long forgotten tomb; whether reposing on the sands of Nubia, by a field of dhoura, or by the rock at the second cataract of the Nile; whether engaged in taking an astronomical observation, or in engraving the result of it upon the rock for the information of the future traveller; whether crossing the desert on an Arabian steed, or a salt-water lake on the back of a dromedary; whether standing in pious meditation on the mount of God, or by the holy sepulchre of Christ, by the rivers in Damascus, or by the cedars in Lebanon, conversing with a Pasha, a Bey, a Cachief, or a peasant; I hope the description will refresh the picture in your Lordship's memory, by calling up the events in the order in which |
