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Excerpt from Report of a Journey in Palestine
October 29. - I left Jerusalem at AM and rode by way of Bethlehem to U1 tas, where Elijah Mashallam joined me. This valley is very fertile, being watered by the Pools of Solomon, which we passed at P. M. By ane1o1d the aqueduct was 81 ft. Above the bottom of the Pool of Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The ground kept rising until we reached Khan Cull at 5� 15 P. M. We arrived at Hebron at 6� 30 pm, where we encamped Wolves, jac'kals, boars, foxes, badgers, and porcupines abounded. A great deal of land is cultivated, and large vineyards were near the town. October 30. -we had to remain all day to enable the muleteers to get barley, water, and other articles for the journey. I went to see a tree called Abraham Oak, 23 ft. In circumference, near which I got two fossil shells. We afterwards rode to visit the ruins of Rama, on the plain of Mamre, and passed by the E. Side of Hebron, where the limestone was nearly level, dipping slightly to the s. E. At 2 P M. We passed by ain-es-lin, where I got fossil shells much crushed. The ruins at Rama measured 214 ft. From E. To w. By 165 ft. N. To s., the walls were 5 ft. 10 in. Thick, of Shelly limestone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
