"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 (14597917617)

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Title: "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 ...
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, Bp., 1826-1899
Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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, excepting a long causeway rest-ing on arches, through which the water flows into the Jordanwhen the lake is high, there is nothing entire remaining tomark the site of Tarichea and perpetuate its naval glory. A mile to the southeast from Jericho is the mouth of theJordan, which is ninety feet wide, with high rounded banks.Less than a mile to the south is the old bridge of Semakh,which once spanned the sacred river, but is now a ruin. Nearit is the modern ford, the present highway between the eastand west. Through shrubberies of hawthorns, tamarisks, andoleanders, the path runs to the small village from which thebridge derives its name. Six miles to the south is the Jar-muk of the Hebrews and the Hieroraax of the Greeks, calledby the Arabs Mandhl\r: it drains the whole plain of the Hau-ran and Jaulan, with a large section of the mountain rangeeastwaid. Flowing through a wild ravine, the sides of whichare rugged clifis of basalt 100 feet high, it enters the Jordan W. J., b. iii,, c. X.
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FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 391 four miles below the lake, and at the point of junction is morethan 130 feet wide. During the Jewish commonwealth it■^/as the boundary between Bashan and Gilead, and during thedominion of the Romans it defined the limits of the provincesof Perea and Gaulonitis. In the gloomy valley through whichit flows, bearing the Arabic name of Sheriat el-Mandhtlr, arethe famous Baths of Amatha. Consisting of eight warmsprings, they were esteemed by the Romans as second only tothose of the Italian Baia3. Around them are clumps of dwarfpalms and the remains of arched buildings. The largest ofthe eight bubbles up into a basin 40 feet in circumference,and five deep, which is inclosed by dilapidated walls. Theboiling water deposits on the stones a yellow sulphurous crust,regarded by the natives a sovereign remedy in certain disor-ders to which their camels are subject. Three miles to the south from the banks of the Jarmuk isthe celebrated city of Gadara. With an authentic h