Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . ere headed back for the purpose of turningan enormous wheel to raise water, which was conducted by a trough to thefarthest extremity of the town, and which, dripping in its passage over thestreets, rendered many of them impassable except under cover of an umbrella. June 8.—We left Antioch soon after mid-day, and passed by a bridgeabove the water-wheel to the right bank of the Orontes, where are somecoarse substructions and low mounds, corresponding with Pliny^ descripti
Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . ere headed back for the purpose of turningan enormous wheel to raise water, which was conducted by a trough to thefarthest extremity of the town, and which, dripping in its passage over thestreets, rendered many of them impassable except under cover of an umbrella. June 8.—We left Antioch soon after mid-day, and passed by a bridgeabove the water-wheel to the right bank of the Orontes, where are somecoarse substructions and low mounds, corresponding with Pliny^ descriptionof the town as being on both sides of the river. The first part of the roadlay across a rich alluvial plain, extending of Antioch, and at the endof five hours it entered the mountains of Beilan, the ancient Amanus. Alarge khan, called Khan Karamont, and a small village of the same nameclose to it, stand at the entrance of the pass; and a little beyond is a castle,called Bagras, seated on the top of a precipice, in a most romantic town of Beilan itself hangs on either craggy side of a deep narrow. Town of Beilan. defile, and commands a fine view of the Mediterranean and interveningcountry. It is one of the most agreeable places in the north of Syria. Early next day we reached the wretched village of Alexandretta,Iskenderoon or Scanderoon, which gives the modern name to the bay at thenorth-east corner of the Mediterranean. The marsh, which entirely sur- 276 SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND. rounds Scanderoon, renders it one of the most unhealthy spots in Syria; andthe scantiness of the population, together with their sallow complexions andswollen bodies, testify the pernicious influence of malaria. When our tradewith the Levant flourished, Scanderoon was a depot for merchandise to andfrom Aleppo, and a khan was built by the company for its reception. Thisbuilding, with the wall that incloses it, occupies as much ground as thepresent village; and though in a very d
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