Thank you, Ian.  One of the hazards of trying to rely on Google for the
answers is they are often hidden under very specific criteria.  I found
the site under Karak Nuh.  I had been chasing Karak. The video seems to
have been removed from Youtube.  

David Fears' Day By Day includes this bit from Mark Twain’s Notebooks &
Journals Volume 1:  "Passed up the Valley & camped on l. side under the
dews of Hermon. –first passing through a dirty Arab village &
visiting the tomb of Noah, of Deluge notoriety [MTNJ 1: 417]."



On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 06:16 +0100, Ian Strathcarron wrote:
> Scott
> 
> Noah's tomb - or as our man has it 'the tomb of the honored old =
> navigator' is on the outskirts of a new town called Karaq.=20
> 
> The chapel has now become a Hezbollah madrassah, please see it on:
> 
> =
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsQkjDZ6h6SU&list=3DUUKTFK9pSHIaikllWneaD2=
> Xw&index=3D14
> 
> Ian Strathcarron
> www.twaintraveler.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 May 2013, at 02:39, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > There seems to be a problem with The Innocents Abroad. A day seems to =
> be
> > missing between chapter 41 and chapter 42. According to the Quaker =
> City
> > Itinerary [QCI], as well as all the other sources I've found, Sam and
> > the pilgrims departed Beirut by horseback on September 11 at 3:00 pm.
> > They didn't travel very far that first day, only 10 or 12 miles.
> >=20
> >=20
> > =93We came to a halt here on the breezy summit of a shapely mountain
> > overlooking the sea, and the handsome valley where dwelt some of those
> > enterprising Phoenicians of ancient times we read so much about=94
> >=20
> >=20
> > It's my guess that they camped on the top of Mt. Lebanon. The end of
> > chapter 41 has Twain describing a sumptuous meal and a form of camping
> > out he was unfamiliar with but accepting of. The beginning of chapter =
> 42
> > has him indulging in a sumptuous breakfast as the camp is packed up =
> and
> > ready to go by 6:30 am. He calls this place Jacksonville and gives =
> it's
> > location near Temnin-el-Foka. Looking at maps of the region
> > Temnin-el-Foka is about 30 miles from Beirut, located near Zahlah. His
> > description, however, is still that of Mt. Lebanon and it's view of =
> the
> > sea.
> >=20
> >=20
> > Ian Strathcarron has provided me with a spreadsheet of data points he
> > used when writing his book Innocence and War. It notes that Twain's
> > party stopped for lunch on September 12 at Mekseh, near the junction =
> of
> > the Lebanon Mountains and Jebel el Kuneyiseh, then later camped at a
> > point between Mekseh and Baalbek. Zahlah is approximately one quarter =
> of
> > the way between Mekseh and Baalbek. The QCI notes that this camping =
> spot
> > is about two-thirds of the way between Beirut and Baalbek, also
> > descriptive of Zahlah.
> >=20
> >=20
> > My guess is that Twain and the pilgrims enjoyed equally sumptuous
> > breakfasts at both locations, Mt Lebanon and near Zahlah. At both
> > locations they broke camp at 6:30 am.
> >=20
> >=20
> > There is another point in the journey that I'm interested in locating
> > and that is the tomb of Noah, =93of Deluge notoriety=94. I'm guessing =
> that
> > landmark is found in Mekseh but I haven't seen anything to corroborate
> > this.
> >=20
> >=20
> > All sources agree that on September 13 Twain and the pilgrims traveled
> > to Baalbek and then camped at Sirghaya. They arrived in Damascus at
> > sunset of September 14.