"Those Holy Fields." Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil — John Shaqi
"Those Holy Fields." Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and PencilManning, Samuel
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"Those Holy Fields." Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil
Manning, Samuel
Palestine -- Description and travel
North Shore of the Lake, near Tell Hum 196
The Town of Tiberias 199
Magdala 201
Southern End of the Sea of Galilee 202
Hills over Gennesareth 203
Ruins of Et-Tabigah 206
Ruins of Tell Hum 207
The Lake of Gennesareth from near Khan Minyeh 208
GENNESARETH TO THE SOURCE OF THE JORDAN.
Head-Piece—Lake Hûleh 209
Initial—An Arab Encampment 209
Bridge of Jacob’s Daughters 210
Rob Roy captured by the Arabs on the waters of the
Lake Hûleh 211
The Mouth of the Jordan, Lake Hûleh 213
Lake Hûleh, or the Waters of Merom 214
Hermon, from the Northern Shore of Lake Hûleh 215
Hermon, from near Tell-el-Kadi 216
The Source of the Jordan at Banias 218
SOUTHERN PALESTINE,
OR JUDÆA.
[Illustration:
SOUTHERN PALESTINE, OR JUDÆA.
[_Enlarged by permission from Keith Johnston’s Map._
]
[Illustration: Head-Piece—Our Camp]
SOUTHERN PALESTINE, OR JUDÆA.
JAFFA TO HEBRON.
A REEF of sharp jagged rocks, over which the surf breaks fiercely, runs
parallel with the shore, forming a natural breakwater. Inside the reef
the water is smooth enough, but too shallow to admit anything except
fishing-boats and small coasting-craft. The harbour has silted up by the
sand-drift from Arabian and African deserts, so that steamers and
sea-going vessels must anchor outside. Jaffa, a town of four thousand
inhabitants, picturesque at a distance, as all Eastern towns are, stands
on the slope of a hill and comes close down to the beach. It is
encircled by a broad belt of gardens and orange groves. A rich fertile
plain stretches for ten or twelve miles inland. Then a range of hills
bounds the view.
[Illustration: EASTERN WATER-SELLER.]
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