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I took board at Olivet House for 6 Frs a day, where I viewed the tomb of Lazarus Mihid those great barren hills that can blossom like a rose.

[[?]] my fare homeward
at Venice.

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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, Donotella, and Galiléo. 

Passed through Bologna where I saw the leaning tower.

(Received an offer From the French Government to buy my picture Raising of Lazarus which I of course accepted

I was off next morning to Paris

[[right margin]] [[?]] tout ceci avec soin [[/right margin]]

Transcription Notes:
(In reference to the ? in the second line of the transcription) - it looks like the last four letters of the word are "ihid".