. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. leasant retreat, where they might find a welcomevariety of amusement to their over-satiated body and says Herod, after conducting Caesar to the sea, built him a most beautiful temple, of the whitest stonenear the place called Panium. This is a very fine cave inthe mountain, under which there is a great cavity in theearth. * There are fifty or sixty houses in modern
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. leasant retreat, where they might find a welcomevariety of amusement to their over-satiated body and says Herod, after conducting Caesar to the sea, built him a most beautiful temple, of the whitest stonenear the place called Panium. This is a very fine cave inthe mountain, under which there is a great cavity in theearth. * There are fifty or sixty houses in modern Banias, composed * Jos. Ant. xv. 10, 3. 430 BANIAS, CiESAREA, PHILIPPE of clay intermingled with unhewn stone and pieces of ancientcolumns. On the flat roofs booths of reeds and of branchesof orange trees were erected, in which the citizens were spend-ing their evenings far from the stir and toil of populous the centre of the town is a square area, where the shops aresituated. I visited the chief one, a room about twelve feetsquare, with a ceiling six feet high. The whole stock on handconsisted of a dry gourd, a few native purses, and some potsof sour milk. Trade was not rushing, and fortunes must be. a-ESAREA PHILIPPE made slowly in Banias, but the people were satisfied, and con-tentment in any condition is great gain. To the north of the town are olive groves and pastureground. At this part of the town are some ruins, over which,in company with Mr. J. Smart, I walked on the flat from roof to roof we were enjoying the scene, uncon-scious of danger. Suddenly a band of fierce dogs assailed uson the right and left, in the front and rear. As we were VIEW OF BANIAS. 431 intruders and in the minority, we beat a hasty retreat for safety,leaving a piece of our trowsers in the mouth of one dog, thank-ful that he had not taken a deeper hold. This was the most northerly town our Lord seems to havevisited, and on his descent from one of those elevated plateaus,no
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