For those concerned with The Long Trip through The Holy Land I have run into a puzzle, where exactly is Jonesborough. Day By Day has it at Kefr Hauer and Strathcarron has it at Quneitra. The pilgrims departed Damascus and reached the point where Saul saw the light, Al Kiswah. From here Twain says only that they camped that night at Jonesborough. "After nightfall we reached our tents, just outside of the nasty Arab village of Jonesborough. Of course the real name of the place is El something or other, but the boys still refuse to recognize the Arab names or try to pronounce them." The Kefr Hauer route seems the most expedient but the Quneitra provides the best reason for having to avoid El Yuba Dam. "We left Jonesborough very early in the morning, and rode forever and forever and forever, it seemed to me, over parched deserts and rocky hills, hungry, and with no water to drink. We had drained the goat-skins dry in a little while. At noon we halted before the wretched Arab town of El Yuba Dam, perched on the side of a mountain, but the dragoman said if we applied there for water we would be attacked by the whole tribe, for they did not love Christians. " //