Departure from the Convent—Wadi e’ Scheikh—Ascent of Serbâl—Wadi Firân—Wadi Mokatteb—Copper Mines of Wadi Maghâra—Rock-Inscriptions of the Fourth Dynasty—Sarbut el Châdem—Mounds of Dross—Wadi Nasb—Harbour of Abu Zelîmeh—The true Position of Sinai—Tradition of the Monks—Local and Historical Conditions—Elim at Abu Zelîmeh—Mara in Wadi Gharandel—The Desert of Sin—Sinai, the Mount of Sin—The Mount of God—Subsistence of the Israelites—Raphidîm at Pharan—Sinai-Choreb at Raphidîm—Review of the Question upon Sinai.