. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . ions of King Bodastart and other Phoenicianantiquities, were brought to light in 1903. An aqueduct divergesfrom the river at the point where it leaves the mountains. Theroad rounds a promontory affording a fine retrospect of Sidon. Afterhaving regained the coast (3^/2 M.) we leave the village of Er-Rumeileh on the right (below which is a necropolis), and cross theNahr el-Burj and (6 M.) theWddi es-Sekkeh (with a khan and a fewhouses). Beyond the promontory Rds Jedra we reach the (10 M.)l
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . ions of King Bodastart and other Phoenicianantiquities, were brought to light in 1903. An aqueduct divergesfrom the river at the point where it leaves the mountains. Theroad rounds a promontory affording a fine retrospect of Sidon. Afterhaving regained the coast (3^/2 M.) we leave the village of Er-Rumeileh on the right (below which is a necropolis), and cross theNahr el-Burj and (6 M.) theWddi es-Sekkeh (with a khan and a fewhouses). Beyond the promontory Rds Jedra we reach the (10 M.)large village of El-J7ya, with beautiful gardens and the Khan en-Nebi Yunus; to the right, on the hill, lies Barja. According tothe Moslem tradition, Jonah (Arab. Dhun-nun, fish man) wascast ashore here by the whale. Near this spot the city of Porphyreonmust have stood in ancient times. Here in 218 the army ofPtolemy IV. (Philopater) was defeated by Antiochus the Great. After 25 min. we cross a (11 M.) brook. On the hill to the rightlies Maksaba. We have now to pass the spur of the Rks ed-Da,
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