History of Dor. 131 



In the month of May, 1843, John Wilson^ found a "few 

 wretched houses" at Tanturah. 



C. W. M. van de Velde" visited Tantura in 1851. He calls par- 

 ticular attention to the ridge of rock east of Dor, which served as 

 a protection against attack from that direction. The outrageous 

 prices charged by the natives created considerable difficulty, until 

 Dr. Kalley (van de Yelde's companion) packed up his medicine 

 bag with a threat to treat no more patients. The inhabitants then 

 became open to reason. 



The first thorough-going description of the ruins at Dor was that 

 of (Hugo) Victor Guerin^ who visited and described the site in 

 1870. The results of his observations have been employed in the 

 chapter above on the "Topography of Dor." At the time of 

 Guerin's visit " Tantoura " possessed two mosques*, one of them 

 partially demolished. 



Still more thorough and complete was the survey made by the 

 Palestine Exploration Fund' on the 8th of March, 1873. The 

 accurate maps, plans, pictures and descriptions issued by the Fund 

 constitute our principal authority for the description of the ruins 

 at Dor. Additions to the information contained in this report have 

 appeared in the Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly^ 



Tantura lies off the usual tourist routes near unhealthf ul swamps, 

 and is therefore seldom visited. Beside a few illustrations accom- 

 panying some of the descriptions mentioned above^ it has been 

 impossible to obtain satisfactory pictures of the site. A renewed 

 examination of the ruins would doubtless yield interesting addi- 

 tions to our information concerning ancient and mediaeval Dor. 

 It is to be hoped that such an examination will be made before all 

 the material has been removed or destroyed. 



' The Lands of the Bible Visited and Described (Edinburgh 1857), II, p. 249. 



'^Narrative of a Journey through Syria and Palestine in 1851 and 1852 

 (Edinb. and London, 1854), I, p. 333. 



^ Description de la Palestine, II Partie — Samarie— (Paris, 1874-75), 2 : 305 f . 



'^ When Buckingham (see above) visited Tantura in 1816 the town was without 

 a mosque. 



^ Survey of Western Palestine, Memoirs of the Topography, etc. (London, 

 1881-83), II, pp. 3 flf. 



« 1887, p. 181 ; 1895, p. 113 (Reports by Dr. G. Schumacher). 



^ S. W. P. Mem. II, pp. 10 ff.; P.E.F.Q., (1887), p. 84; Wilson, Pict. Pal, 

 III, p. 105. 



