. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. us to a (13 min.) valley, which we follow to its junctionwith the (12 min.) Wddi Shatb (p. 186), about 10 min. above Es-Salt. 2. From Amman to Arak el-Emir (81/4 hrs.).The route ascends on the left bank of the brook to a spring, wherethere are remains of several buildings. An aqueduct conveys water henceto the town (V4 br.). The numerous ruined villages on the right and to EL-KeraU. AKAK EL-EMIH. 17. Route. 145 left show that this district must once have been richly cultivated. Onthe right
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. us to a (13 min.) valley, which we follow to its junctionwith the (12 min.) Wddi Shatb (p. 186), about 10 min. above Es-Salt. 2. From Amman to Arak el-Emir (81/4 hrs.).The route ascends on the left bank of the brook to a spring, wherethere are remains of several buildings. An aqueduct conveys water henceto the town (V4 br.). The numerous ruined villages on the right and to EL-KeraU. AKAK EL-EMIH. 17. Route. 145 left show that this district must once have been richly cultivated. Onthe right lies Kasr el-Melftlf (castle of cabbages), on the left AbdUn, thenon the right Umm ed-JDaba. After the plateau has been traversed (1 hr.),Tabaka is seen on the left, and Suweiftyeh on the right; then Ed-Demeinon the left. The road now enters the green and beautifully wooded Wcidies/i-S/iita, or valley of rain. On the right is the ruin oi KMrhet Sdr; then,Ain el-Bahal. To the left, at the outlet of the valley (1 hr.), is a ruinedmill; on the right, the ruin of El-Aremeh. About 1 hr. farther on is —. Arak el-Emlr (14G3 ft. above the sea). — Josephus informs us ( 4,11) that a certainHyroanus, in the time of AntiochusIV. ( 187-175),built himself here a strong castle of white stone, surrounded by a finepark. The description of Josephus answers in the main to the ruins stillextant here, and Tyros., the ancient name of the castle, is moreover re-cognizable in the name of the Wddi es-Sir, the brook which flows at itsfoot. It is, however, doubtful whether Hyrcanus was really the founderof this stronghold, or whether he did not rather utilize ancient buildingsand caverns already existing here. On the death of Hyrcanus, it fellinto ruins. 14:6 Route 17. MADEBA. From J crash The principal building in the place is called Kasr el-Abd, or castle ofthe slave, and stands on a platform in a half-isolated situation. In manyplaces the substruction consists of a wall with abutments,
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