Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . se of the beautiful stream winding and murmuringthrough the centre of the valley. Nothing could be more charmingly pic-turesque than the little mills on its banks ; low, completely embosomedamong trees, with their roofs covered with grass ; and sometimes the agree-able sound of a waterfall, was the first intimation we had of their presence. Leaving the valley, we turned up to the right, and crossing among themountains, in two hours came in sight of the ruins of Sebaste,
Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . se of the beautiful stream winding and murmuringthrough the centre of the valley. Nothing could be more charmingly pic-turesque than the little mills on its banks ; low, completely embosomedamong trees, with their roofs covered with grass ; and sometimes the agree-able sound of a waterfall, was the first intimation we had of their presence. Leaving the valley, we turned up to the right, and crossing among themountains, in two hours came in sight of the ruins of Sebaste, the ancientSamaria, standing on a singularly bold and insulated mountain crowned withruins. The most con-spicuous of these is thechurch dedicated toSt. John the Baptist,built over the spotwhere a tradition oflong standing has fixedthe place of his burial,if not of his walls are stillentire to a considerableheight and inclose alarge space in whichare now a mosqueand a small building Church of St John> Sebaste over the tomb. YetJosephus relates expressly that John was beheaded in the castle of Machaerus,. 430 SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND.
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