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.