. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... les of cot-ton and tobacco, several tiers of millstones, and heaps of char-coal. The Moslems have a mosque crowned with two domes,and from beside it rises a tapering minaret; the Christianshave two small churches, which are remarkable neither fortheir size nor elegance. In the southeast corner of the townare the remains of the famous Cathedral of Tyre, erected in thefourth century by B
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... les of cot-ton and tobacco, several tiers of millstones, and heaps of char-coal. The Moslems have a mosque crowned with two domes,and from beside it rises a tapering minaret; the Christianshave two small churches, which are remarkable neither fortheir size nor elegance. In the southeast corner of the townare the remains of the famous Cathedral of Tyre, erected in thefourth century by Bishop Paulinus, and consecrated by Euse-bius, and by the latter described as the most splendid of allthe temples of Phoenicia. It was 216 feet long by 136 broad,and its ruins indicate its great magnificence. The south wall,the east and west ends, together with the chancel, remainstanding; but the arched roof, the massive columns which sup- Robinson, vol. ii., p. 470. 452 FROM DAN TO BEEKSHEBA. ported the triforiura, and the lofty tower, with its spiral stair-case, have fallen into a thousand fragments. Somewhere with-in these broken walls reposes the dust of Origen and of theEmperor Frederick TOili; Ol UIliAM. Five miles to the east of the town is the Tomb of Hiram,king of Tyre. It is an imposing mausoleum, and one of themost interesting monuments in the Holy Land. It is less re-markable for its beauty and ornaments than for its grandeurand durability. Crowning a graceful hill, it consists of a ped-estal and a sarcophagus. The former is composed of four lay-ers of immense blocks of limestone, about ten feet high ; thelatter is hewn out of a solid block, and is twelve feet long,eight wide, and six high, and is surmounted with a pyramidalii five feet thick. The ends of the lid are beveled, the too FROM DAN TO BEEKSHEBA. 453 rounded, and it is fitted on with such care that it is difficult toremove it. On the north side of the monument is an archedvault 20 feet square
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