The Holy Land and the Bible; . ; still rises proudly to a height of eightyfeet, but it stands alone. Huge vaults honeycomb the interior of thecitadel; one, which is cemented, being said to be an oil-vat, capableof containing 260^000 gallons. Another has been explored to the dis-tance of 264 feet; a third has a groined roof, with ribbed arches ; 1 Eeland, Pal., p. The Sacred Tree (Schesh et Teim) near Tibneh. (See page 36.) C-J:SAREA—ATIILIT. 49 illustrations, all of them, of the spirit and the lavish expenditure ofmeans and skill which the Crusaders displayed in their structures. Si
The Holy Land and the Bible; . ; still rises proudly to a height of eightyfeet, but it stands alone. Huge vaults honeycomb the interior of thecitadel; one, which is cemented, being said to be an oil-vat, capableof containing 260^000 gallons. Another has been explored to the dis-tance of 264 feet; a third has a groined roof, with ribbed arches ; 1 Eeland, Pal., p. The Sacred Tree (Schesh et Teim) near Tibneh. (See page 36.) C-J:SAREA—ATIILIT. 49 illustrations, all of them, of the spirit and the lavish expenditure ofmeans and skill which the Crusaders displayed in their structures. Six or seven miles south of Athlit lie the ruins of Dor, now knownas Tanturah; the ancient chariot-road running outside the low coast-hills, near the sea, but separated from it by a strip of land and marsh,A few goat-herds watering their flocks at a clay trough were the onlyhuman beings seen most of the way, but along the edges of a tinystream, oleanders, lupins, grass, and tall bushes relieved the tamenessof the view. The tribe of Manasseh was to have had this part of theland, but could not, for centuries, drive out the Canaanite, though inthe end it compelled him to pay tribute.^ Four miles south of Athlit,near the small village of Sarafend, a pleasant relief from sand andmarshes was offered by fields of sesame, millet, and tobacco, as well asby some palm-tre
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