The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . sent it is absolutely deserted by all except lawlessBedawin. The view from Sujan over the Huleh and thesurrounding regions is magnificent, and I imagine that onegreat attraction of the place was its cool and healthy atmos-phere. From Sujan we wandered upward and eastwardover vast fields of lava, without road, or even path, for morethan an hour, to Skaik, probably the Sacaca mentioned byPtolemy. It is one of the largest ruins in Gaulanitis, andwas better built than mos
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . sent it is absolutely deserted by all except lawlessBedawin. The view from Sujan over the Huleh and thesurrounding regions is magnificent, and I imagine that onegreat attraction of the place was its cool and healthy atmos-phere. From Sujan we wandered upward and eastwardover vast fields of lava, without road, or even path, for morethan an hour, to Skaik, probably the Sacaca mentioned byPtolemy. It is one of the largest ruins in Gaulanitis, andwas better built than most cities of this region. My aneroidmarked 2670 feet for the elevation of this site, and we foundthe air clear,-cold, and bracing. Skaik was inhabited untilmodern times, and celebrated as the general rendezvous andpoint of departure for caravans to the east and south; andthe existing remains of vast cisterns and caravanserais showthat ample provision had been made for the accommodationof these large trading companies. Half an hour south by west from Skaik is a large andvery ancient ruin, called Summakah. This word seems to. LAKIEoF/TlBERIAS I AND ITSENVIRONS. 14 THE LAND AND THE BOOK. contain the elements of Samaclionitis, the Greek name forthe Hiileh. It is, however, pronounced as though writtenwith a koff {guttural k) instead of kaj] and in that case it isthe name for the bush summak, the sumach of the be the origin and relations of the name, the posi-tion is beautiful, and it is supplied with a fine spring of wa-ter, flowing out from the base of the hill. Half an hour far-ther south are ruins called Joaiza, and there we encampedfor the night, near the tent of the Emeer Hussein el Fiidle—the supreme chief of all the Arabs in that part of the is a young man of quiet manners and modest deport-ment, of few words, but sincere and truthful—all remarka-ble exceptions in his race and station. He traces his pedi-gree back directly to Mohammed, and the hig
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