The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . WATEE-JAES AJTD BOTTLES. I remember that ascent with sufficient distinctness, andalso that we stopped to rest about half way up Wady Ainel Kuf, at a sheepfold under the southern cliff of the ravine,and there, for the first time, I saw the mandrake, with itsbroad leaves and green apples, and my curiosity was ex-cited by the discussion which followed about the singularcontract bet-ween Rachel and Leah for Eeubens mandrakes.^ Into that we shall not now enter, nor will we
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . WATEE-JAES AJTD BOTTLES. I remember that ascent with sufficient distinctness, andalso that we stopped to rest about half way up Wady Ainel Kuf, at a sheepfold under the southern cliff of the ravine,and there, for the first time, I saw the mandrake, with itsbroad leaves and green apples, and my curiosity was ex-cited by the discussion which followed about the singularcontract bet-ween Rachel and Leah for Eeubens mandrakes.^ Into that we shall not now enter, nor will we pry withcurious eye into the motives which urged Rachel to make Gen. XXX. 14-16. 880 THE LAND AND THE BOOK, the purchase. I, for one, dont know. As to the mandrakesthemselves something may be said. Eeiiben gathered them. MANBEAKE—LEAF, FLO WEE, AND BOOT. in wheat-harvest, and it is then that they are still found ripeand eatable on the lower ranges of Lebanon and Hermon,where I have most frequently seen them. The apple be-comes of a very pale yellow color, partially soft, and of aninsipid, sicMsh taste. They are said to produce dizziness;but I have seen people eat them without experiencing anysuch effect. The Arabs, however, believe them to be ex-hilarating and stimulating even to insanity, and hence thename tuffah el jan—apples of the jan; but we may safel}leave the disputed questions concerning mandrakes to thosewho have time and inclination for such inquiries, and hast-en on to our camp-ground in the pretty valley of Mamre,here on the hill-side, near the quarantine of Hebron. Whatever may be true in regard to the road hither, the MOURNING FOR SARAH—PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH. 381 appearance of Hebron itself, lying in deep repose along thevale of Mamre, was quite beautiful. The time of our visitis d
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