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  ANNUAL. 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  clues 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  and 
  followed 
  up 
  with 
  increasing 
  

   prospect 
  of 
  success. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  The 
  above 
  careful 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  expert 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  excavat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  important 
  seaport 
  of 
  Askalon 
  is 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  thorough- 
  

   going 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  oldest 
  society 
  doing 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  Pales- 
  

   tine. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  annoying 
  changes 
  in 
  local 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  East, 
  

   costs, 
  and 
  disappointments, 
  the 
  Fund 
  continues 
  digging 
  the 
  ground 
  

   and 
  publishing 
  results 
  which 
  are 
  important 
  for 
  Christian 
  and 
  Jewish 
  

   students 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Scriptures. 
  

  

  The 
  Palestine 
  Exploration 
  Fund 
  has 
  an 
  American 
  office 
  at 
  8 
  Col- 
  

   lege 
  Lane, 
  Haverford, 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  