3. =The Brooks=, or mountain torrents, are an important feature in the country. They are dry for most of the year, but during the winter are large and rapid. (1.) On the east of the Jordan Valley are: (_a_) the Hieromax (now called the _Jarmuk_), flowing from the highlands of Bashan into the Jordan, south of the Sea of Galilee; (_b_) the Jabbok (now _Zerka_), descending from the table-land, and entering the Jordan a little south of midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea; (_c_) the Arnon (now _Mojeb_), entering the Dead Sea about the middle of its eastern shore. (2.) Flowing from the Mountain Region eastward are: (_a_) the _Farah_, "the waters of Enon" (John 3:23); (_b_) the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:3), perhaps _Wady Kelt_, near Jericho; (_c_) the brook Kedron, running past Jerusalem, eastward, into the Dead Sea, probably the _Wady en Nar_. (3.) Flowing into the Mediterranean are: (_a_) the Leontes (now _Litany_), the northern boundary of Palestine, a stream almost as long as the Jordan; (_b_) the Kishon, "that ancient river" (Judg. 5:21), watering the Plain of Esdraelon; (_c_) the brook Besor (_Wady es Sheriah_), near the southern frontier. Others might be named, but these are the most important, though not in all cases the largest. [Illustration: SECTION OF PALESTINE FROM EAST TO WEST.] IV. THE MOUNTAINS OF PALESTINE. These may be considered either in order of height or of location. The diagram groups the principal mountains in the relation of their comparative height above the sea-level; we may notice them in their order of location. They naturally divide into two sections: 1. Those of the Mountain Region west of Jordan. 2. Those of the Eastern Table-Land. [Illustration: COMPARATIVE HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS IN PALESTINE.]