Syria from the saddle . the main source of the Jordan. To theright lies the modern village of Baneas, and beyondit the ancient village of Pan. The village derives itsname from the temple; having first been called Paneas,then corrupted to Baneas. A Herod built the ancienttown, naming it, so the story goes, after Tiberius Caesarand his own brother Philip. Traces of Pans temple still remain in the side of thehigh rock. Niches are there, from which, says tradi-tion, Pans effigies fell broken, on the night nearly twothousand years ago when throughout the Pagan worldrang the cry, Great Pan is dead!
Syria from the saddle . the main source of the Jordan. To theright lies the modern village of Baneas, and beyondit the ancient village of Pan. The village derives itsname from the temple; having first been called Paneas,then corrupted to Baneas. A Herod built the ancienttown, naming it, so the story goes, after Tiberius Caesarand his own brother Philip. Traces of Pans temple still remain in the side of thehigh rock. Niches are there, from which, says tradi-tion, Pans effigies fell broken, on the night nearly twothousand years ago when throughout the Pagan worldrang the cry, Great Pan is dead! In this samerock is a deep cavern whence springs one source ofthe Jordan. We crossed brooks and forced our waythrough tangled undergrowth to reach this spot, andits wild beauty well repaid our trouble. After visiting town, ruins, and cavern, we rode overanother Roman bridge, a rude flight of slippery steps,and took our way toward Dan, where we were to lunch. Two-story Khan. CHAPTER XII. LUNCHEON AT DAN — SYRIAN HE road to Dan lay through a park-like country whose verdure andwarmth made us forget that the timewas December and not June. After a short ride we came to little hill, treeless and unattractive,rises abruptly from the surroundinglow ground. On this hill, we read,stood the golden calf, placed there byJeroboam when he proclaimed to thepeople : Behold thy gods, O Israel, which broughtthee up out of the land of Egypt! And this thingbecame a sin, for the people went to worship beforethe one, even unto Dan. The hill to-day is used for grazing ground, and thecitys site is occupied only by occasional flocks andshepherds. At the base of the hill runs the Jordan —or rather its tributary. On the banks of this stream,under a great terebinth tree, David prepared my lunch. ill 112 SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE. He laid the bottle of wine in the river to cool while heset the table ; and afterward announced with deep griefthat the cork had come out in the water, and all thewi
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