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continuons with that of western Arabia Tfc T,?„T: . ^'^? "^^ "'''"Se is 

 4800 feet above the Mediterran^at'td'e/o'o^ ab^^fKaf ^ea"""' ^^ 



above the sea level, and extendinc^ nn ly,^ rl . ' ^/^^ liundred feet 



where it attains an'al?^u?e S "^^^4^ 00 fe^ertd Ih n^'^.^"?^^^"^' 

 Leontes and the Jordan sink<? nf flJ r»o lo' 5 *^^^' following the 



feet below the Medittranean k-om S^ie'd Se'a .> ^'"^' -"^^f^^ ^^^^ 

 bah to a height of 600 to 700 feet abovP /hf^ ^ c ''''^' '^ ^^^^ '^^a- 



the^count., a. shown in= ^i^^l^l^J^tL^^;^^ 



plains is arable, and many of them are evnT^\ ^ i'"'^-'; I'*''' °' «««« 

 them are coterminous with th/svS,nn«!S°'y .''*'■"'''• ^"t »" of 

 the Dead Sea monntain'^ii.^platnraUkeTredes'rt"'''''' '"'^ '^"'"''^ "^ 



TaurI'%tTains t":n:^erawl\tr^t^/P/irT'''^<^ ^° """ °* '>^^ 

 The Nusairy chain has li tie to diS,^mih -F ^a *' P."^""'"' '» "^^'f- 



lowerzonesof Lebanon Lebanon lXl.,f ^"'t ^■''°"' "^^^ »f *■= 

 and the considerable h ight of fe' dp ne s—,'''/'"^"'"'? P''^"'""' 

 exceedingly interesting flo=ra, con taln^ira; Z^^ua iV laL.' '"«'= .^"'^ 

 of peculiar species. A noteworthy feJtwe nf ?f? Y -^^ Proportion 

 almost complete absence of Arctic sMcres Th» P"" '^S!™ '^ *1"^ 

 succeeded the cold has aImoToblitp™t,H fi , ^:''™ Pe™d which 

 place has been taken by a h""h j sSzed ncf 'fl'"' ^'^J?.'^' ™eir 

 western Palestine is closelv allied S fh^ f *J ?' ^?™- ^^^ ^o™ of 

 but as we enter the T h ff\„i *° ''^''' "^ *^ foot hills of Lebanon 



Sinai anrthe Egyp^n de^'s^'^McTis^A*' T' 'T'^' '» *^' of 

 The flora of Kurd Dagh does noj dTffer vi? ""T T^ ""''^ ^"^"n. 

 nus. But that of the desert chansW J ^ ?f ''"^ ^™" """ of Ama- 

 in peculiar species There can bo nnTr^K."^ ???**. '^"'^ ^^"^^ i« ri* 

 will result in' many new discoyerL in tTis rnf *"'-«^<^^ "Ploration 

 field. Antilebauon, while havinti^Lb /n '"^ "^"*'='^ I""'' «f our 

 a much poorer flora and fpwp? ?• ? 'f.<=°'"™on with Lebanon, has 



Gilead a^dMoab differ mtkedlyfiomtWfP'^ '^-l'" ^'^"'"^ »f 



erery journey iUustratP, tlV. iw • T -^^^ "* western Palestine, and 



thosi iittle'inown 2o" ' Tre'floi.r„''fnL"''A*'"f *^ «?'«-' -'» 

 number of immigrants from the tro.Tf.al • ^?t ^'==' ohasm has a 

 Ethiopia. That°orthe tab land Th i''-^'''"' °'-^'''^'''' ^'''^''i". a"d 



coiditioSs of tTe Medfterranean UtirnV'V'''''' ''"""^ the climatic 



