. Five years in Damascus . name ofCanota is found in Ptolemy,*^ and likewise, as has been seen,in Stephen of Byzantium and Eusebius. It attained therank of an episcopal city at a very early period, as itsname occurs in almost all the ancient ecclesiastical of its bishops was present at the Council of appears to have flourished down to the time of the Sara-cenic conquest of Syria, when it was captured by the fierceKhaled; and since that time, like almost every other cityin this unhappy land, it has gradually declined and fallento ruin under Muslem rule, until the present
. Five years in Damascus . name ofCanota is found in Ptolemy,*^ and likewise, as has been seen,in Stephen of Byzantium and Eusebius. It attained therank of an episcopal city at a very early period, as itsname occurs in almost all the ancient ecclesiastical of its bishops was present at the Council of appears to have flourished down to the time of the Sara-cenic conquest of Syria, when it was captured by the fierceKhaled; and since that time, like almost every other cityin this unhappy land, it has gradually declined and fallento ruin under Muslem rule, until the present moment,when it is ahnost deserted. Its monuments have sufieredless than those of many other ancient cities from the de-stroying and remodelling hands of the followers of theProphet. three yeais after this period, 117, It is just possible that thedate may have been IA instead of H; and this would give exactly thefiist yeai- of Hadrian, while he was still resident in this country.« Geog. V. 15. Paulo Geog. Sac. p. Kuins of Busrah. CHAPTEE XII. FROM KUNAWAT TO BUSRAH. Primitive telescope — Tower-tombs — Druze revenge — Ruins of Atil — Singular inonTimeut — Description of Suweideh and its extensiveruins — Greek inscriptions and dates — Sheikh Waked el-Hamdan,the Druze chief—An evening paii;y — History of Suweideh — Plainof Aurnnitis — Tell Kuleib — Visit to Ary — Druze hospitality —Errors in Burckhardts map — The Kings of Ghussan — Approach toBozRAH — Ancient cities — Rhose of the Pentinger Tables identified — Plan and description of the ruins of Bozrah — Site of Beth-gamul — Beautiful theatre — Boheira the monk, and Mohammed theProphet. History of Bozrah.— The Bozrah of Moab distinct from that ofEdom — The ancient gigantic inhabitiints — The Bostrian era. While I stood waiting upon horseback till the baggagewas all arranged, my friend the sheikh came to me with anold telescope, and asked wliat such an one would cost whe
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