The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ition that Joachim and Anna, the supposed pa-rents of the Virgin Mary, resided there. It is now a con-siderable village, and flourishing for this region. The ruinsof a castle, probably built by the Crusaders, may still beseen on the hill above it; and other remains, more ancient,are below on the west side. The latter may have belongedto a church or convent of the Middle Ages. The place isfavorably situated, being nearly half way between Acre andTiberias, with the fat
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ition that Joachim and Anna, the supposed pa-rents of the Virgin Mary, resided there. It is now a con-siderable village, and flourishing for this region. The ruinsof a castle, probably built by the Crusaders, may still beseen on the hill above it; and other remains, more ancient,are below on the west side. The latter may have belongedto a church or convent of the Middle Ages. The place isfavorably situated, being nearly half way between Acre andTiberias, with the fat and fertile Biittauf on the north, thelong vale of Turan east, and the magnificent oak glades formany miles to the south, west, and northwest. The inhab-itants are not the most complacent to strangers, and I havenever liked to spend the night there. 30^/?. You have been making good use of this brightmorning, I suppose, for you left the tent at an early hour ? I went at the call of the bell, and heard the monks saymass in their Chapel of the Annunciation. The organand the chant were quite affecting in this strange land and.
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