Hotel with nobody visible -- one (very nice) room-girl for 3 floors -- & an awful bell to call folks to supper.
Sam was here July 25 with Livy and Clara and again August 5, 1878 with Joe Twichell.
Monastery
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
See Murray Route 9 page 204