. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. Baron Taylor went from the Jordan to Damascus, and Burckhardt and Elliot fromDamascus to the Jordan, by this route. The other route leads from Feik, a town near thesouth-eastern extremity of the Lake of Gennesareth, and proceeds to the plain of Damascus byway of Nowa and Tel Shakab. This has been travelled by Burckhardt only. We have already found more than one occasion to intimate that the whole country east ofthe Jordan is elevated far above the level of that river, insomuch that the high mountainswhich rise before on
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. Baron Taylor went from the Jordan to Damascus, and Burckhardt and Elliot fromDamascus to the Jordan, by this route. The other route leads from Feik, a town near thesouth-eastern extremity of the Lake of Gennesareth, and proceeds to the plain of Damascus byway of Nowa and Tel Shakab. This has been travelled by Burckhardt only. We have already found more than one occasion to intimate that the whole country east ofthe Jordan is elevated far above the level of that river, insomuch that the high mountainswhich rise before one who approaches from the west, offer but slight descents into the easternplains when their summits are reached. The chain of Jebel Heish a comes down from the Great Hermon, through about twenty-fivemiles of the tract which is now under our notice. The higher road passes over this chain,near the middle part; while the lower road passes about seven miles south from its termi- nating eminence of Tel Faras. See before, p. xli. Chap. V.] VALLEYS, PLAINS, AND DESERTS. CXXX1U. fJJV **x-— [Jacobs Bridge. (_3)] These hills are of very moderate elevation when we draw near them, although their positiveheight ahove the valley of the Jordan on the one hand, and ahove the plains of Jolan andDamascus on the other, makes them most conspicuous in the distance. The road has agradual ascent to them in both directions. These hills are bordered by a stony district, whichis about three miles broad, and in some directions more. The oaks, for which the countrywas so highly celebrated, make their appearance a few miles after we leave the valley of They are of the dwarf kind, and in this quarter their branches have, to a very greatextent, been lopped off, and carried away for fuel. After passing the hills, the countrybecomes flatter and more plentifully wooded. The soil is richer, cultivable, and, to a consi-derable extent, cultivated. As we advance to the river Meghannye the trees increa
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