Mar Sâba to Bethlehem. — By making an early start from the convent and crossing the mountain to Bethlehem, the traveller will have sufficient time to visit all the places of interest there, and to return to Jerusalem in the evening. Thus a day may be saved. The road leads for ½ hr. back again along the S. bank of the Kidron, and then turning to the l, passes a low ridge, and crosses a succession of naked plateaus. On approaching Bethlehem, the little village of Beit Sahûr is seen on the l.; and the conical peak of the Frank mountain also forms a prominent feature a few miles southward. The whole distance is easily accomplished in 3 hrs.