The desert of the Exodus : journeys on foot in the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings : undertaken in connexion with the ordnance survey of Sinai, and the Palestine exploration fund . ly existed there for ages. This valley broadens considerably as it ajD-proaches Wddy Garaiyeh, being at that point nearlytwo miles wide. On the hills which separate itfrom the neighljouring Wady Lussdn we found someexcellent specimens of the primeval Doirdvfi, or camp-ing-grounds, already descril)C(l as existing in suchlarge numbers at tlie foot of Jcbil el Kjiiicli. J Fere,as elsewhere, they were situated
The desert of the Exodus : journeys on foot in the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings : undertaken in connexion with the ordnance survey of Sinai, and the Palestine exploration fund . ly existed there for ages. This valley broadens considerably as it ajD-proaches Wddy Garaiyeh, being at that point nearlytwo miles wide. On the hills which separate itfrom the neighljouring Wady Lussdn we found someexcellent specimens of the primeval Doirdvfi, or camp-ing-grounds, already descril)C(l as existing in suchlarge numbers at tlie foot of Jcbil el Kjiiicli. J Fere,as elsewhere, they were situated on tlie sith of the 3ir. JiADIKT KT TUl. hill, while the .se[)ulchral circles and cairns are in-variably jjlaced on the top or crest. A little farther on, and higher up upon the inter-vening hills, is a main road leading dkect to Akabahby way of Wady Lussan, its course being traceablefor a long distance by camel-tracks, and innumerablesmall heaps of stone placed there to mark the still are the Kharabat Lussdn, a large collec-tion of curious solid cairns, differing in constructionfrom the others which we had seen, and built forsome purpose which we could not quite KHARABAT LUSSAK. The Arabs tell a wonderful story of this spot:a man of the Azazimeh tribe was one night crossingthe hills when he espied a light amongst the ruins. BADIET ET Till. 347 He at once made for tliem, and demanded, as hecame near, whose encampment it might be. But nosooner had he uttered the words than the hghtdisappeared, all save a small ghmmer, wliich he foundto proceed from a curiously cut stone lying upon theground. This he carried away with him, and sold toa Christian at Jemsalem for ten pounds! Descending into Wady Lussan itself, we foundconsiderable signs of former cidtivation ; admirablyconstructed dams stretched across the valley, andon the higher slope were long low walls of very care-fid construction, consisting of two rows of stonesbeautifully arranged m a straight line, wi
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