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WATER OF EMMAUS 
Grains per Gall. 
Sodium Chloride .., Ae ae 1200°5 
Potassium Chloride ee ae 11:2 
Calcium Chloride ... ae ae 620°9 
Magnesium Chloride ie Bes: 142°1 
Calcium Sulphate ia as 50°4 
Sodium Sulphate wae ae 43°4, 
Magnesium Sulphate sets ye 11-2 
Calcium Carbonate ot ie 25°2 
Magnesium Carbonate... sia 6:3 
Alkaline and Earthy Sulphides Not 
Free 3 D. 2 8. Bromine, Organic ( .44:mated 
matter 
2110°2 
Sea water contains 1444 grains of common salt (Chl. Sodium) to the gallon, 
or say one lb. of salt in 5 galls, 
Hudleston remarks the total saline residue is about equal 
to that of the Mediterranean, but exists in very different pro- 
portions. It is about double that of the Old Sulphur Well at 
Harrogate. 
The hills on the shores of the Sea of Tiberias are much 
covered with basaltic débris, over and around Tiberias the rocks 
are very bold, showing in places an admixture of cretaceous 
limestone and basalt, where the hill side is grass land, as on the 
road to Nazareth I observed a considerable depth of rich 
loamy soil, arising doubtless from the decay of the basalt.* 
No doubt the main features in the dynamic geology of 
Palestine are the raised beaches adjoining the Mediterranean 
Sea on the west, and the great fault that runs down the Ghor 
or Jordan Valley on the east, the course of which is inferential 
* Between the Sea of Tiberias and the base of Hermon at Banias the traveller 
marches for two entire days over sheets of basaltic lava. 
