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 . rapidlydecreasing, and many once flourishing villages andcities now contain only empty dwellings and deso-late ruins. The present population is estimated tobe only about 50,000. The view over the Hauran is at all times moststriking, and fiom many points extremely Sheik, or Hermon, the last mountain of thechain of Ant
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 . rapidlydecreasing, and many once flourishing villages andcities now contain only empty dwellings and deso-late ruins. The present population is estimated tobe only about 50,000. The view over the Hauran is at all times moststriking, and fiom many points extremely Sheik, or Hermon, the last mountain of thechain of Anti-Lebanon, is always visible to the Ilauran—a range of hills—limits the view tothe E., but to the it is boundless. The soil isnaturally excellent; numerous corn-fields surroundevery village, while in many places the pasturage isgood, and is grazed by the flocks of the Bedouins, whovisit the Hauran in swarms every spring. of the Ilauran is a very singular region calledthe Szaffa ; it is a stony district, much resembling theLedja, except that the rocks with which it is coveredare larger. Its circumference is equal to two or threedays travel, and it is a place of refuge for the Arabs,who fly from the Pashas troops, or from their ene-. m i i> ^^^^Jk^^
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