in the Holy Land. ij^j 



Ground, a Grove of Trees^ or the Ruins of fome antient Vil- 

 lage. The Country begins to be rugged and uneven at Sa- 

 maria, the N. Boundary of the Tribe of Epbraim; from whence 

 through Sichem, all the way to Jenijalem, we have nothing 

 but Mountains^ narrow Defikes, and Valleys of different Ex- 

 tents. Of the former, the Mountains of Ephraim are the 

 largeft, being moil of them iliaded with large Foreft Trees, 

 whilft the Valleys below are long and fpacious, not inferiour 

 in Fertility to the beft Part of the Tribe of Iffachar. The 

 Mountains of the Tribe of Be^jami^, which Ive ftill further Γ'-' ^'■'^'"^ 



- ■' Benjamin. 



to the Southward, are generally more naked, having their 

 Ranges much iliorter, and confequently their Valleys more 

 frequent. In the fame Difpofition is the Diftrict of the Tribe y^,. τ,-α, of 

 Qijudah\ though the Mountains of ^arantania, thofe of £";?- J""^^'^• 

 gaddi, and others that border upon the Plains of Jericho and 

 the Dead Sea, are as high, and of as great Extent, as thofe in 

 the Tribe of Ephraim. Some of the Valleys likewife, that be- 

 long to thisTribe, fuch asThat of Rephaim, ΕβκοΙ, and others, 

 merit an equal Regard, with that Tar eel of Ground which ]2iCoh 

 ga've to his Son Jofeph. {Gen. 48. fi). But the weftern Di- 

 ilridl of theTribe oi Ephraim, in the Neighbourhood οι Ram ah 

 and Lydda, is nearly of the fame arable and fertil Nature, with 

 that of the Half Tribe of Manaβeh ; and equally inclineth to 

 be plain and level. The latter of thefe Circumftances agreeth 

 alfo with the Tribe of Ί)αη, whofe Country, notwithftanding^ The Tribe of 

 is notfo fruitful, having in moil Parts a lefs Depth of Soil, and 

 bordereth upon the SeaCoail in a Range of Mountains. From 

 theMountains oiu^rantania,\vQ have a diilin6tView of theLand 

 of the Amorites, of Gilead and of Bafan, the Inheritance " of 

 the Tribes o{ Reuben and Gad, and of the Half Tribe oi Ma-l^ 

 naffeh. This Trad, in the Neighbourhood particularly of the 

 'Rayqx Jordan, is, in many Places, low and ihaded, for want of 

 Culture perhaps, with Tamarisks and Willows : but at the 

 Diftance of two or three Leagues from the Stream, it appears 

 to be made up of a Succeffion of Hills and Valleys, fomewhat 

 larger and feemingly more fertil than thofe in the Tribe of 

 Benjamin. Beyond thefe Plains, over againil Jericho, where we 

 are to look for the Mountains oijibarim \ the northern Boun- 



I Deut. Chap. J. 2 Nebo and P'lfgah were fome particular Parts or Summits of this Moun- 

 tain, from whence Mofes beheld the L^nd of Canaan, before he -u:ts ^i^athered to his People. 

 Numb. 27. 12, 13. and 32.47. Dent. 5. 27. and 32. 49. and 24. i/ 



Pppp dary 



Dan. 



The Tr'iies of 

 euben o'c. 



