. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. MOUNT OF OLIVES. 5. Route, it the Scopus. — The view towards the E. is striking. The clearnessof the atmosphere is so deceptive that the blue waters of the DeadSea seem quite nearoureye, though really ISi/oM. distant and no lessthan 3900 ft. below our present standpoint. The blue heights whichrise beyond the deep chasm are the mountains of Moab (pp. xlviii,xlix). To the extreme S. of the range, a small eminence crowned bythe village of El-Kerak (p. 149) is visible in clear weather. On the E
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. MOUNT OF OLIVES. 5. Route, it the Scopus. — The view towards the E. is striking. The clearnessof the atmosphere is so deceptive that the blue waters of the DeadSea seem quite nearoureye, though really ISi/oM. distant and no lessthan 3900 ft. below our present standpoint. The blue heights whichrise beyond the deep chasm are the mountains of Moab (pp. xlviii,xlix). To the extreme S. of the range, a small eminence crowned bythe village of El-Kerak (p. 149) is visible in clear weather. On the of the Dead Sea are seen two wide openings; that to the the valley of the river Arnon (Mojib), and that to the N. thevalley of the Zerka Main. Farther to the N. rises the Jebel Jilad(Gilead). Nearer to us lies the valley of Jordan (el-Ghor), the courseof the river being indicated by a green line on a whitish ground. —Towards the we see the road to Jericho; to the left some of thehouses of Bethany; high up, beyond Bethany, the village of AbuDis; farther to the left, the Chapel o
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