. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . heir predatorjexpeditions. 13 min. Wddi en-Numeira; 48 min. El Muvaksed; 14 min,Wddi Berej^ on our right. After Y2 hr. we reach cultivated land. Wfthen reach the Wddi ed-Derda, or Wddi el-Kerak, which frequently con-tains water. Some ruins here are popularly called sugar-mills, and in thejadjoining large and beautiful oasis of El-Mezraa, with numerous Oshitrees (p. 171), are encampments of Ghor Arabs. The peninsula of El-Lisdris a flat, clayey plain, ca. 100 ft. in height, and without a
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . heir predatorjexpeditions. 13 min. Wddi en-Numeira; 48 min. El Muvaksed; 14 min,Wddi Berej^ on our right. After Y2 hr. we reach cultivated land. Wfthen reach the Wddi ed-Derda, or Wddi el-Kerak, which frequently con-tains water. Some ruins here are popularly called sugar-mills, and in thejadjoining large and beautiful oasis of El-Mezraa, with numerous Oshitrees (p. 171), are encampments of Ghor Arabs. The peninsula of El-Lisdris a flat, clayey plain, ca. 100 ft. in height, and without a vestige of life The path now ascends the wild and grand Wddi el-Kerak to the pla-teau of Derda (55 min.); after 52 min. we reach a cultivated plain. Ii14 min. we have Tell ed-Derda on our right; in 9 min. more we crosthe beautiful brook Seil ed-Der&^a. Continuing to ascend the Wadi elKerak, in 31/2 hrs. we reach the spring Ain es-Sakka. In another honwe find ourselves below El-Kerak, and after 35 min*.more of steep climbing we reach the corner of the town of El-Kerak (p. 154). SeigJiXs tn Feet.
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