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Page 29
... stone . . . . , down which , in the rainy season , the Kedron precipitates its swollen flood into the sea below . " ( pp . 384 , 387 , 396. ) We can now ap- preciate the accuracy with which St. John speaks of the Kedron as ο χείμαρρος ...
... stone . . . . , down which , in the rainy season , the Kedron precipitates its swollen flood into the sea below . " ( pp . 384 , 387 , 396. ) We can now ap- preciate the accuracy with which St. John speaks of the Kedron as ο χείμαρρος ...
Page 49
... stones ; " " near ' Ain el- Feshkhah , a little north of Wady en - Nâr ( or Kedron ) , where " the guides killed an immense lizard , which .... measured 3 ft . 8 in . , " and proved to be the Waran or Lacerta Nilotica ; and near ' Ajlân ...
... stones ; " " near ' Ain el- Feshkhah , a little north of Wady en - Nâr ( or Kedron ) , where " the guides killed an immense lizard , which .... measured 3 ft . 8 in . , " and proved to be the Waran or Lacerta Nilotica ; and near ' Ajlân ...
Page 88
... stones , now called el - Kuseir ( little castle ) from a small structure near the foot of the hill , which may have been a tower . This tract belongs to the Dhullám . " We need have little hesit- ation , therefore , in regarding this as ...
... stones , now called el - Kuseir ( little castle ) from a small structure near the foot of the hill , which may have been a tower . This tract belongs to the Dhullám . " We need have little hesit- ation , therefore , in regarding this as ...
Page 103
... stones fixed on end , similar ( he adds ) to those we have observed in Moab , ' ... coming down from the neighbouring hills , upon which are descried also numerous vestiges of buildings of a very remote antiquity , judging by the ...
... stones fixed on end , similar ( he adds ) to those we have observed in Moab , ' ... coming down from the neighbouring hills , upon which are descried also numerous vestiges of buildings of a very remote antiquity , judging by the ...
Page 104
... stones , placed upright . " As he proceeds , " these ruins ( he writes ) are still lying along the line of our march , and we pass by a double avenue of stones , in excellent preservation , for above thirty yards . Then a single avenue ...
... stones , placed upright . " As he proceeds , " these ruins ( he writes ) are still lying along the line of our march , and we pass by a double avenue of stones , in excellent preservation , for above thirty yards . Then a single avenue ...
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