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Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
St John Phocas, tr. Stewart, 1889
Chapter 9
Beyond this is situated Ptolemaïs, or Acce,1 which is a large city, and so populous as to surpass all the rest. It receives all the merchant ships, and thither all pilgrims for Christ’s sake by sea and by land betake themselves. Here, the air being corrupted by the enormous influx of strangers, various diseases arise, and lead to frequent deaths among them, the consequence of which is evil smells and corruption of the air, and the misfortune of this city is beyond remedy. On the right of it is Carmel and the sea-shore of the whole country of Palestine. The regions on the left of it contain Galilee and Samaria.
Notes
- St. Jean d’Acre.