. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . begins. In II/4 hr. we reach the bedof the brook, and in 20 min. more the famous group of — *Cedars (6315 ft. above the sea), situated at the foot of the TJahrd-Kodib (p. 332), a precipitous and bald snowy peak. Oppositethein, to the , rises the peak of Fum el-Mizdh (10,049 ft.). Thegroup, protected by a wall, occupies the top of a hill (a moraine),on the E. and W. sides of which runs a water-course. It is one of. tlie smaller groups, and contains about 400 very old trees, thetallest
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . begins. In II/4 hr. we reach the bedof the brook, and in 20 min. more the famous group of — *Cedars (6315 ft. above the sea), situated at the foot of the TJahrd-Kodib (p. 332), a precipitous and bald snowy peak. Oppositethein, to the , rises the peak of Fum el-Mizdh (10,049 ft.). Thegroup, protected by a wall, occupies the top of a hill (a moraine),on the E. and W. sides of which runs a water-course. It is one of. tlie smaller groups, and contains about 400 very old trees, thetallest of which, however, does not exceed 80 ft. in height. Therock on which they grow is white limestone, and the decayingspines, cones, and other matter have formed a dark-coloured oldest trees, seven in number, are on the height. In themidst of the cluster stands a Maronite chapel. A few pacesto the N. of the chapel by the house stands the largest cedar; it 334 Route 40. THE CEDARS. From Baalbek lias a circumference of 47 feet. The peasants celebrate an animalfestival here in August. The Cedar (Cedrus Libani; Arab, aiz, Hebrew aeraez) is always men-tioned in ancient works of botany as tbe noblest of trees. The Israelitesespecially admired it as the ornament of Lebanon (Ezek. xxxi. 3 et seq.;Psalms xcii. 12, civ. 16), where it formerly covered many summits thatare now bare. No such trees grew in the land of Israel, so that Solomoncaused cedars to be brought from Lebanon for the building of the Temple
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