. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . (ireat, 468 THE LAND AND THE BOOK, and native tradition ascribes the road over the Ladder tothe same hand, but there was a road there long before Alex-anders day, and many others besides him have repaired are many specimens of Eoman road in this vicin-ity, and a fountain of delicious water flows out near theshore, most grateful to the weary traveler along this deso-late coast: no doubt the ancient city owed its existence tothis fountain, A mile farther sout
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . (ireat, 468 THE LAND AND THE BOOK, and native tradition ascribes the road over the Ladder tothe same hand, but there was a road there long before Alex-anders day, and many others besides him have repaired are many specimens of Eoman road in this vicin-ity, and a fountain of delicious water flows out near theshore, most grateful to the weary traveler along this deso-late coast: no doubt the ancient city owed its existence tothis fountain, A mile farther south stands a solitary col-umn on the hill side, marking the site of a ruined templeand forsaken city. The place is now called Em el Amed(mother of columns), and the remains are extensive, spread-ing up the valley—broken columns, prostrate houses, sar-cophagi, and rock tombs. The Wady Hamul comes downfrom Alma to the sea at this point, but the road up it isnearly impracticable, from the dense jungle of bushes, bri-ers, and ruins which choke this romantic valley. An aque-duct once led the water from Neba Hamul to Em el Amed,. KHAN EN NAKURA—MISREPHOTH. 469 but it has long since been broken. One may at least startthe inquiry whether this may not be the Amad given toAsher by Joshua.^ The coast from this place bends southwest for thirtyminutes to Khan en Nakura, east of which is a village ofthe same name, and on the shore stands one of St. Helenstowers, in good preservation, tenanted by flocks below, andhawks and owls above. From this khan the road lies alongthe shore westward for a mile, and then rising over Cape enNakura, descends steeply to the sea, where the mountainterminates in bold and picturesque precipices. After cross-ing a wady on an old Roman bridge half broken away, thepath ascends by a most villainous track for half an hour,to the ancient tower called Mushcirifeh. The entire cape isabout seven miles across, and has three distinct promon-tories: the first, the real La
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