A Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine ... |
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Akka ancient Arab arch bank base Bashan beautiful Bedawîn Bethsaida Bethshean Beyrout border Bostra building built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle centre centy Christians cliff columns covered cross crusaders Damascus deep Deir Der'a descend deserted distance Druzes eastern fragments Galilee gate Gaulanitis glen Greek Haurân Hazor heaps Hermon Heshbon hewn hill houses inhabitants inscription Jebel Jerash Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Josh Kedesh Khan king lake Lebanon Lejah Moab modern mosque mountain Muslems Nabulus Nahr Nazareth northern ornamented Palestine Palmyra pass picturesque plain probably ravine reach remains ride ridge rises river road rock rocky Roman round route ruins Samaria Shechem Sheikh shore side Sidon slope southern spot stands stones stream summit Syria Tabor tain tell temple terraced Tiberias tion tombs towers town traveller tribes Tyre valley village Wady walls wild winding