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I took board at Olivet House for 6 frs a day, where I viewed the tomb of Lazarus [[box]] Follow this by article page 359 [[box]] Left Jerusalem on April 4th via Jaffa and Alexandria then on to Naples, and then on to Rome. Rome the "Eternal City, is full of magnificent Churches, of which I saw many including St. Marie, St. Cecile et St. Polo, this latter contains portraits of popes, over 250 of them. From I went to Pisa then to Florence, where one can see the magnificent tombs of Michel Angelo, Danté, Donoletta, and Galiléo. Passed through Bologna where I saw the leening tower. (Received an offer From the French Government to buy my picture Raising of Lazarus which I of course accepted wiled have great barren hills that can blossom like a rose my fare homeward at Venice. I was off next morning to Paris [[right margin]] [[?]] tout ceci avec soin [[/right margin]]