Hotel with nobody visible -- one (very nice) room-girl for 3 floors -- & an awful bell to call folks to supper.

After visiting the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, Sam and companions camped at Mar Saba September 26, 1867. They departed Mar Saba at 3:00am September 27, 1867 en route to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

Bædeker on Mâr Sâbâ

See Murray Route 9 page 204