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PHŒNICIA AND LEBANON. By the Rev. Dr. SAMUEL
JESSUP
Husn Suleiman.—Baal Worship.—Tripoli.—Kâdisha, the Sacred
River.—Government of the
Lebanon.—Edhen.-The Maronites.—Cedars of Lebanon.—Sources of the
Adonis.—Temple of
Venus.—Natural Bridge.—The Dog River.—Assyrian and Egyptian Tablets.—Beirût:
its
Schools, Ancient and Modern.—Druses.—Sidon.—Ancient Commerce.—The Modern
Town
and Gardens of Saida.—The Necropolis.—Phœnician Inscriptions.—Tomb of
King
Ashmanazar.—The Moabite Stone and Siloam Tablet.
THE PHŒNICIAN PLAIN. By the Rev. CANON TRISTRAM, LL.D., F.R.S
Sarepta.—The River Leontes.—Tyre: the Modern Town, Es Sûr.—Ruins of the
Cathedral.—The
Phœnicians.—Tomb of Hiram.—The Ladder of Tyre.—Wâdy Ashûr.—Kŭl'at el
Kŭrn, the
Mountfort of the Crusaders.—Ancient Sites in the Plain of Acre.—The
River Belus.
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ACRE, THE KEY OF PALESTINE. By Miss M. E.
ROGERS
Approach to 'Akka from the Sea.—The City Walls.—Egyptian Rule in
Syria.—Bombardment of
'Akka.—Markets and Bazaars, Private Houses and Public Buildings.—Early
History of
'Akka.—Accho.—Ptolemaïs.—Coins of the Ptolemies.—The Stronghold of the
Crusaders.—
Crusading Coinage.—Destruction of the City in 1291.
MOUNT CARMEL AND THE RIVER KISHON. By Miss M. E. ROGERS
Bay of 'Akka.—Vegetation of the Plain of 'Akka.—Gardens of Haifa.—The
Modern Town of
Haifa.—Haifa el 'Atikeh.—German Colony of Temple Christians.—Sycaminum.—Mount
Carmel.—The Convent.—The Pilgrim's Spring.—Arab Fables.—Druse
Villages.—El
Mahrakah, the Place of Elijah's Sacrifice.—The River Kishon.
MARITIME CITIES AND PLAINS OF PALESTINE. By Miss
M. E. ROGERS
Ancient Coast Road.—Athlît.—Rock-cut Defile.—Fountain of Dustrey.—A
Night at Kefr Lamm.—
Tedious Voyage to Tantûrah, "sailing slowly."—Abu Habîb, the
Custom-house Officer.—The
Plain of Dôr.—Solomon's Purveyors.—Crocodile River.—Arab Fable.—Plain of
Sharon .—
Cæsarea.—Port of Abû Zabûra.—Melon Harvest.—Arsûf.—Antipatris.—Joppa.—Road
from
Jaffa to Ramleh.
LYDDA AND RAMLEH. By COLONEL SIR CHARLES WARREN, K.C.M.G., R.E.
View from the Tower of Ramleh.—The Plain of Sharon.—Church of St. George
at Lydda, the
ancient Ludd.—'Amwas and Latrôn.
PHILISTIA. By COLONEL SIR CHARLES WARREN, R.E
The Philistines.—Encroachment of Sand on the Corn Plains of Philistia.—Zorah,
the Birthplace of
Samson.—Ekron.—The Valley of Sorek.—'Ain Shems, the Site of Bethshemesh.—Wâdy
es
Sunt, the Valley of Elah.—The Scene of David's Encounter with
Goliath.—Tell es Sâfy.—
Gath.—Yabneh, the ancient Jabneh.—Mejdel, the ancient Migdol.—Ruins of
Ascalon.
THE SOUTH COUNTRY OF JUDÆA. By the Rev. CANTON TRISTRAM, LL.D., F.R.S.
Approach to Palestine from the South.—Rock-cut Wells.—From Abû Jerar to
Gaza.—Ajlân, the
ancient Eglon.—Libnah.—Khŭrbet Gat.—Beit Jibrîn.—Artificial
Caverns.—Ruins of the
Church of St. Anna.—Adullam.—Road to Hebron.—Râmet el Khŭlîl.—Tekoa.—Engedi.
THE SOUTHERN BORDERLAND AND DEAD SEA. By Professor PALMER, M.A.
Abraham's Oak.—Tree Worship.—Hebron.—Cave of Machpelah.—Ancient
Pools.—Tell Zîf.—
Land of Moab.—Kerek.—"Cities of the Plain."—Jebel Usdum, a Mountain of
Crystalline Rock
Salt.—The Dead Sea.—Wilderness of Engedi.—Beersheba.—Kadesh Barnea.—Idumea.—
Petra.—Rock-cut Tombs and Temples.—Pharaoh's Treasury.
MOUNT HOR AND THE CLIFFS OF EDOM. By Miss M. E. ROGERS
Through the Ravine to Petra.—Ascent to Ed Deir.—Josephus.—Mount Hor.—To
the Shrine of
Neby Harûn on its Summit.—Sacrifice of a Goat on Aaron's Terrace.—Wâdy 'Arabah:
its
Shrubs and Flowers.—Animal Life in the Desert.—Site of Ezion Geber.—The
Peutinger
Tables.—Elath.—Castle of 'Akabah.—Pharaoh's Island.
THE CONVENT OF ST. CATHERINE. By Miss M. E. ROGERS
The Shores of the Gulf of 'Akabah.—View of the Land of
Midian.—Change of Escort.—Enter the Mountains through the Nŭkb el Abweib.—'Ain
el Hudhera.—Hazeroth.—Tomb of the Prophet Sâleh.—Festivals in his honour.—Arrival
at the Convent.—Church of the Transfiguration.— The Library.—The "Codex
Sinaiticus."—Ascent of Jebel Mûsa.—St. Stephen's Gate.—The Convent
Servitors.
Tyre
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