Of the River Kiflion ^c. 7 



thing at all to be accountable for, except what relates to that 

 ancient River, the River KiJJjon, and the 'Dead Sea. 



As to the Kt/Jjon, I flattered myfelf that Ibme little Defe- JJ^\f '^^'/^ 

 rence might have been paid to the Defcription 1 had given oP"''' 

 it ; {Trav. p. 3 51.) efpecially as T had actually feen the Sources 

 of it, called ftill {Ras elKi/bon,) The Head of Kifjon^ and 

 had likevvife travelled along the Banks of it, 'till it emptied 

 itfelf into the Sea. After fo plain an Account, which had all 

 along been wanting to the Sacred Geography, (for all Authors 

 hitherto had deduced the Kifljon from Mount Tahor,) this 

 Gentleman is pleafed to receive the following inconliftent Re- 

 ports and Suppofitions, as much better Authority. Thejy told'^^^^^^^l^^^ 

 7ne, fays he, j?. fS". (not xhQ Arahs^ I prefume, becaufe they 

 knew better) that theKi/Jjott rifes to the South of Mount Tahor\ 

 hut I fuppofe (quite contrary to thefe and all other Reports) 

 that the Sources of it are in the Hills to the Eafl of the Tlains 

 ofEfdraelon. Being enlarged hj fever al fmall Streams, (which 

 may likewife be a gratis didtum, ) it paffeth between Mount 

 Carmel and the Hills to the North, and then falls into the Sea, 

 at Kaifah. 



That the Kifljon pafleth betwixt Mount Car?nel and fome TheCourfe 

 Hills, (not to the North, as is here alferted, but) to the Eaft 

 of Mount Carmel, is very juft and agreeable to my Obferva- 

 tions, {Trav. p. 3 5 1 •) where I have likewife taken Notice, 



I . That the KiJJjon, for a few Miles, is a rapid River, and 

 runs, from South to North, upon a great Declivity. 



X. That the Channel of the River Belus, (or Kardanah, 

 according to the prefent Name,) lyes below it, on the other 

 Side of thefe Hills; though this Author has given it a quite 

 difl^erent Courfe and Direction from that wherein I found it ; 

 which was pretty nearly the fame, with that of the Kifljon, 

 and running almoft parallel with it. 



5. That the Torrents from the Plains oiEfdraelon, (pro- 

 vided any of them run this way, and do not fall, as I fufpedl 

 they muft, into the Lake of Tiberias or the Jordan ;) may 

 poffibly be received by the Kardanah. 



How tht Kifjon therefore, from the low Situation of it. The k;>« 

 whilft it flowed along the Plains of £y^r^^/(9//, fliould, at once, chf pLins^of 

 in the latter Part of it's Courfe, acquire this wonderful Power and ^^''^""^°"- 



B 1 Ability 



