The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . r of it is Nain, famous for the restoration of the widowsson to hfe. It was once a place of considerable extent, butis now little more than a cluster of ruins, among whichdwell a few families of fanatical Moslems. It is in keepingwith the one historic incident that renders it dear to theChristian, that its only antiquities are tombs. These are sit-uated mainly on the east of the village, and it was in thatdirection, I presume, that the widows son was being carriedon t
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . r of it is Nain, famous for the restoration of the widowsson to hfe. It was once a place of considerable extent, butis now little more than a cluster of ruins, among whichdwell a few families of fanatical Moslems. It is in keepingwith the one historic incident that renders it dear to theChristian, that its only antiquities are tombs. These are sit-uated mainly on the east of the village, and it was in thatdirection, I presume, that the widows son was being carriedon that memorable occasion, It took me just an hour toride from the foot of Tabor to Nain, and the path lies nearthe watershed between the Sherrar and the Kishon. Thesoil is deep and fertile, as it is along this road to Ain dur,as the home of Sauls far-famed witch is now called. It is a most wretched-looking place, and yet the position,at the northeast corner of the mountain, facing Tabor, andoverlooking the valley between them, is really has said correctly that the distance from Tabor is • Luke vii. l, ; I ENDOR—CAVERNS—INHABITANTS. 161 fi)iir miles, for it has taken us an hour and ten minutes toride it. There does not seem to be much to attract atten-tion here, and, as it is growing late, I think we had bettermove on, and find our tent before these straggUng Bedawmfind us. It is only about an hour to Sulam, and there is just at]>resent no particular danger of being robbed; let us, there-fore, before we leave this place of CAil notoriety, look intosome of its caves. You observe that the declivity of themountain is every where perforated with them, and most ofthe habitations are merely walls built aroundthe entranceto these caverns. Observe, too, that the cattle are stalled inthem along with their owners; and so it was in the time ofSaul. The witch doubtless occupied one of these caves,and in its dark recesses she secretly performed her damn-a
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