in the Holy Land. :5 5 5 



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 Ephraim\ from whence, 

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

 but Mountains, narrow Defileh, and Valleys of different Ex- 

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

 largeft, being moll of them fliaded 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 Benjamin, which lye ftill further g'^^^l'^J^"'' 

 to the Southward, are generally more naked, having their 

 Ranges much fliorter, and confequently their Valleys more 

 frequent. In the fame Difpofition is the Diftricl of the Tribes/,, t-,,> „f 

 oijudah ; though the Mountains of ^arantania, thofe o^En- 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 oi Ephraim. Some of the Valleys like wife, that be- 

 long to thisTribe, fuch asThat of Rephaim, Efljco/, and others, 

 merit an equal Regard, with thatTarcel of Ground which ]?iCoh 

 gave to his Son Jofeph. {Gen. 48. ii). But the weftern Di- 

 ftrift of theTribe oi Ephraim, in the Neighbourhood oi Ramah 

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

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

 be plain and level. The latter of thefe Circumftances agreeth 

 alfo with the Tribe of 'Dan, whofe Country, notwithftanding. The Tribe of 

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

 bordereth upon the Sea Coaft in a Range of Mountains. From 

 theMountains oi§i^rantania,\vQ have a diftindtVie w of theLand 

 of the u^morites, of Gilead and of Bafan, the Inheritance ' of 

 the Tribes o{ Reuben and Gad, and of the Half Tribe o{ Ma-'^'' T'''^"/-l 

 naffeh. This Traft, in the Neighbourhood particularly of the 

 ^lYQV Jordan, is, in many Places, low and fhaded, 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 Succeflion of Hills and Valleys, fomewhat 

 larger and feemingly more fertil than thofe in the Tribe of 

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

 are to look for the Mountains oiy4harim % the northern Boun- 



I Dfur. Chap.3. 2 Neio and Pi^rf/; were fome particular Parts or Summits of this Moun- 

 tain, from whence Mo(cs bebeli the Land of Canaan, before he was gathered to bis People. 

 Nmilf. 27. 12, 13. and 32.47. Dent. 3. 27. and 32. 49. and 34. i. 



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