Excerpt from Palestine and Syria: With the Chief Routes Through Mesopotamia and Babylonis, Handbook for Travellers
The Mats and Plans have been an object of the Editor's special care. Of these no less than twenty-four, including the large panorama of Jerusalem, have been redrawn, or appear for the first time in the present edition. At the end of the book will be found a clue-map indicating the ground covered by tho special maps distributed throughout the volume.
Arabic names are in general transliterated on the system explained at p. xxxii, except in the case of such established historical forms as Jaffa, Ascalon, Acre, etc.
Heights (above the sea-level)are given in English feet, from the most recent and trustworthy English and other sources.
The Prices and various items of expenditure mentioned in the Handbook are stated in accordance with the Editor's own experience, or from the bills furnished to him by travellers. It must, however, be observed that they are liable to very great fluctuations, being influenced by the state of trade, the increased or diminished influx of foreigners, the traveller's own demeanour, and a number of other circumstances. It may therefore happen in some cases that the traveller's expenditure will be below the rate indicated in the Handbook; but for so long a journey, on which so many unexpected contingencies may arise,an ample pecuniary margin should always be allowed.
Hotels, etc., see p. xvi. Hotels which, in the Editor's opinion, cannot he accurately characterized without exposing him to the risk of legal proceedings, are left unmentioned, except when there is no other available accommodation.
To hotel-proprietors, tradesmen, and others the Editor begs to intimate that a character for fair dealing and courtesy towards travellers forms the sole passport to his commendation, and that advertisements of every kind are strictly excluded from his Handbooks. Hotel-keepers are also warned against persons representing themselves as agents for Baedeker's Handbooks.
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