Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . - half way fromthe Jordan to the Mediterranean. Nazareth is situ-ated on the side of a hill overlooking a fertile andbeautiful valley surrounded by hills, with a narrowoutlet towards the south. The surrounding hills varym hight from 100 to 500 feet above the level of thevalley. Tbe soil is rich and well cultivated, pro-ducing a grea


Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . - half way fromthe Jordan to the Mediterranean. Nazareth is situ-ated on the side of a hill overlooking a fertile andbeautiful valley surrounded by hills, with a narrowoutlet towards the south. The surrounding hills varym hight from 100 to 500 feet above the level of thevalley. Tbe soil is rich and well cultivated, pro-ducing a great variety of fruit, grain, vegetables, andflowers, which ripen early and in rare pei-fection. From the summit of the hill on which Nazarethstands is a magnificent prospect. Towards the northare seen the many hills of Galilee, and tJie eye.


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