62 Geographt/ and Geology of Mount Sinai. 



headlands, forming two gulfs, at the entrance of which are 

 many long sandbanks. May not this be the ' mons Eos' of 

 Pliny?"* 



This Gebel Zeit, or " Mount of Oil," runs out into a pro- 

 montory on one side of the Strait of Jubal ; at its foot a 

 copious supply of Petroleum, or rock oil, is obtained. It is 

 about as liquid as turpentine, of a black or dark -brown 

 colour, and is collected by the Greek Christians of Tur, who 

 take it there and sell it, for rheumatism and for healing 

 sores. The Arabs call it Zeit-el-Gehel — " oil of the moun- 

 tain." 



South of this promontory the sea is studded with a num- 

 ber of small islands, some of which are described by Strabo ; 

 all, however, I believe, except Shadwan, which is of second- 

 ary limestone, are of recent marine formation — chiefly of 

 Coral. 



{Conclusion in our next Number.) 

 * Ibid., p. 51. 



