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CHAPTER   XIV.

Pilgrims leave Jerusalem and reach Rama, where
they are delayed.—The Governor of Gaza and
the Ten Slaves.—Sermon from the Prior of Mount
Sion and Warning to Intending Pilgrims.—
Rumoured Night Attack on the Hostel.—Messen¬
gers sent to Jaffa.—Giovanni Simone Fornaro and
his Parrot—The Slaves Given up.—The Pilgrims
leave Rama for Jaffa.—Death and Burial of a Ger¬
man Pilgrim.—The Galley sets Sail for the West.

We left Jerusalem, as I said, and set out towards Rama,
following the road to Emmaus, the castle where Christ
appeared after his Resurrection to those disciples who
said to him: " Tu solus peregrinus es in Jerusalem ?" ^
And he replied to them : '' 0 stulti et tardi ad credendum."^

When we reached the said castle, as there was a foun¬
tain there, the owners of the animals wanted to give them
to drink. I looked at the place meaaiwhile. There are
still a few dwellings there, but not many.

Then when it was already evening Abrayno Grasso and
his companions wanted to stop in the open country to sup;
and thus all the pilgrims dismounted to refresh themselves
and wait for the moon to rise before starting again. Our
lodging was on many stones, because in the open country
there, there was nothing but stones.

As soon as the moon had risen, we all mounted, by
order of the Moors, and rode all night until we came near
Rama.    Here those dogs, making a great noise, thrust us

1,    " Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem ? "—Luke, xxiv, 18,

2.    " O fools and slow of heart to believe."—Luke, xxi v. 25.