The Jordan Valley and Petra . pear from the story. Professor Libbeys purpose was to study thevalley of the Jordan from beginning to end, andhence we left the sea at Sidon and climbed overLebanon via Jezzin and Kefrhuneh, from whichhigh altitude, 4100 feet, we had a magnificent viewof the general configuration of Southern Lebanon,the Upper Jordan, and Galilee before descendinginto the valleys of the Litany and the Jordan, toexamine the details. Between the gorge of theLitany at Burghuz and the Hasbany at Khiyam,we studied and crossed the low divide which formsthe watershed between the valley of
The Jordan Valley and Petra . pear from the story. Professor Libbeys purpose was to study thevalley of the Jordan from beginning to end, andhence we left the sea at Sidon and climbed overLebanon via Jezzin and Kefrhuneh, from whichhigh altitude, 4100 feet, we had a magnificent viewof the general configuration of Southern Lebanon,the Upper Jordan, and Galilee before descendinginto the valleys of the Litany and the Jordan, toexamine the details. Between the gorge of theLitany at Burghuz and the Hasbany at Khiyam,we studied and crossed the low divide which formsthe watershed between the valley of the Litany andthe valley of the Jordan, and went at once toBanias. It was our original purpose to cross andrecross the Jordan as many times as possible,between its cradle and its grave, and then pusheastward into Moab, and Southward into we actually did, was to circle the Waters ofMerom from the east, cross the Jordan at JisrBenat Yakub, pass down to Galilee, by boat fromTabigha to the entrance of the Upper Jordan,. m > Introductory xv around the Sea of Galilee, on the west, acrossthe Jordan again to Gadara, then down theEastern Range through Ajlun, Gilead, Moab. andEdom to Petra and Mount Hor; then upon ourreturn journey we made a descent into the Arabah,and went around the southern end of the DeadSea, up to Hebron and Jerusalem, and back to theJordan at Jericho. From Beirut with its port, phonographs, andone automobile, back through Crusading, Moham-medan, New Testament, Maccabean, and Jewishtimes, to the desert and days of the Exodus, byway of the Lebanon, Jordan, Galilee, Gilead, Moab,Edom, the Arabah, and the Dead Sea, is a journeyinto regions of country and of history that are farfrom the beaten line of the ordinary traveller. The writers of this book cherish the hope,that while serving as a permanent record of apleasant and successful journey, it may also be auseful guide to regions not often visited, a contri-bution to geology, and a valuable addition, bym
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