. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... nks of the river. On the south is the Dead Sea,on the east the Jordan, on the north are the Hills of Judea dip-ping into the rushing river, and on the west is Quarantaniarising 2000 feet above its base. Level in the centre, but gen-tly undulating toward the north and south, it has a soil of in-exhaustible fertility; and abundantly watered by its numerousfountains, its groves of zukktlm
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... nks of the river. On the south is the Dead Sea,on the east the Jordan, on the north are the Hills of Judea dip-ping into the rushing river, and on the west is Quarantaniarising 2000 feet above its base. Level in the centre, but gen-tly undulating toward the north and south, it has a soil of in-exhaustible fertility; and abundantly watered by its numerousfountains, its groves of zukktlm, its beautiful willows, its ver-dant meadows, its flowers and rank weeds growing luxuriant-ly, sustain the scriptural allusion to Jericho, the city of palm-trees,^ and the prophetic blessing, the promise of Such was its fertility in the Middle Ages, thatthe cultivation of the sugar-cane, with other products, yieldedthe nuns of Bethany an annual revenue of|25,000,^ and by theapplication of scientific agriculture, would again become, in thelanguage of Josephus, a divine region.^ Dent., xxxiv., 3. * 2 Kings, ii., 21. 2 Robinsons B. R., vol. i., p. ,562. * B. J., b. iv., c. x., s. , <llt. *^^ ?V*M-~^ *(l FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 187 Called Quarantania to indicate the forty days during whichtlie Son of God endured the assaults of the Evil One upon itssummit, the Mount of Temptation is sterile and gloomy. Therocks are white and naked; the sides are perforated with thecells of hermits, who, retiring from society, hope by the rig-ors of a solitary life to obtain a better world; and the sum-mit is crowned with a small chapel, the only monument ofthe Redeemers triumph over the Prince of Darkness. In thelower caves some wild Bedouins, with their families, had takenrefuge, and near them were shepherds keeping their scantyflocks. The sun had mounted high above the thick mists, which atan earlier hour had veiled his brightness, when I returned tothe encampment.
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