. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . cept where a spring or perennial stream nourishes reeds, thorn-bushes, stunted palms, acacias, &e. started in January, 1807, from the ford ofthe Jordan through the upper country, by Jebel At-tdrus and the ravine of the Wady Mojib to the pen-insula; returning immediately after by the lowerlevel, as near the lake as it was possible to go. Hewas on foot, with but a single guide. He representsthe general structure of the mountains as limestone,capped in many places by basalt, and having at itsfoot a red ferruginous sandstone, which forms theimm
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . cept where a spring or perennial stream nourishes reeds, thorn-bushes, stunted palms, acacias, &e. started in January, 1807, from the ford ofthe Jordan through the upper country, by Jebel At-tdrus and the ravine of the Wady Mojib to the pen-insula; returning immediately after by the lowerlevel, as near the lake as it was possible to go. Hewas on foot, with but a single guide. He representsthe general structure of the mountains as limestone,capped in many places by basalt, and having at itsfoot a red ferruginous sandstone, which forms theimmediate margin of the lake. The rocks lie in asuccession of enormous terraces, apparently morevertical in form than those on the W. The streamsof the Mojib and Zerka Main issue forth from por-tals of dark-red sandstone of romantic beauty, theoverhanging sides of which no ray of sun ever are numerous; but except near the streamsthere is no vegetation. Lynch found volcanic for-mations on the eastern shore, a whole mountain The Dead Sea.—View from Ain Jidy, looking S.—From a drawing made on the spot in 1842, by W. Tipping, Esq. of Wady Zerka Ma? in appearing one black mass ofscorias and lava (Expedition to Bead. Sea, 280, 369).Between Wady Zerka MaHn and the Jordan volcaniceruptions have produced immense flows of basalticrock. Among other smaller basaltic streams, threewere found on the E. border of the Dead Sea, S. ofthe little plain of Zara (Report by M. Lartet, geolo-gist in Due de Luyness French expedition in 1864,noticed in Journal of Sacred Literature, July, 1865).9 One remarkable feature of the northern portion ofthe eastern heights is a plateau which divides themountains half-way up, apparently forming a giganticlanding-place in the slope, and stretching northwardfrom the Wady Zerka MaHn. 10. The western shoresof the lake have been more investigated than theeastern, although they cannot be said to have beenyet more than very partially explored. Some tra
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