The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ncredible doctrine of transmutatioyi. Enough about tares. We are just entering the throat ofthis tremendous gorge. It is called Hamam, from the cloudsof pigeons which flock to their windows in these up now to that cliff on the left. It is more than athousand feet high, and a large part is absolutely perpendic-ular. It is perforated by a multitude of caverns, holes, andnarrow passages, the chosen resort of robbers in former walls and fortifications
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ncredible doctrine of transmutatioyi. Enough about tares. We are just entering the throat ofthis tremendous gorge. It is called Hamam, from the cloudsof pigeons which flock to their windows in these up now to that cliff on the left. It is more than athousand feet high, and a large part is absolutely perpendic-ular. It is perforated by a multitude of caverns, holes, andnarrow passages, the chosen resort of robbers in former walls and fortifications which united these caverns, anddefended them against attack, are still visible. They arenow called Kiilaet Ibn Man, but anciently they bore thename of Arbela, from a village on the top, a little back from the precipice,the ruins of which arenownamedlrbid. Jo-sephus has a graphicdescription of the cap-ture of these cavesby Herod the various expe-dients to expel themhad failed, he let box-es filled with soldiersdown the face of theprecipice, and landedthem at the entranceof the caverns. Thiswas a most daring ex-. ASSAULT OF ROBBERS.
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