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basis upon which the present model of the country has been 

 constructed ; but instead of adhering to the one-inch scale, 

 which would have made it unwieldly, its scale is TTF5-<nj-» sa y 

 Y% of an inch to the mile horizontally, and about one inch 

 and a quarter to the mile vertically. The horizontal 

 scale corresponds with the map on the same scale 

 issued by the Fund, and the sheets of that map form 

 an admirable index to the physical features expressed 

 on the model. Sheets of the }i inch map, illustrating the 

 drainage divisions and mountain ranges, as well as those of the 

 Yq inch map printed to show the Biblical sites, are alongside 

 the model. Some of the sheets of the one-inch scale are 

 also exhibited for comparison. 



"The present relief map has been built up by Mr. 

 George Armstrong, the Assistant Secretary of the Palestine 

 Exploration Fund, who took part in the primary triangu- 

 lation of the country, and who has been engaged in the 

 laborious duties of the survey continuously from 1871. 

 None but an enthusiast, who had himself been over 

 the ground, could have constructed such a map, or 

 expended the patience required in raising it layer by 

 layer, from the deepest depression at the northern end 

 of the Dead Sea, to the highest elevation of the Lebanon 

 range. The leisure of no less than seven years has been 

 spent in its construction. 



" The copy of the relief map now exhibited to the 

 members has been purposely kept bare of names so 

 as not to obscure the topographical details. The physical 

 aspects of the country are, to a certain extent, indicated 

 by the colouring adopted ; the permanent waters by blue ; 

 the forests, river margins, and cultivated lands by green, &c. 



"By the aid of such a raised map the untravelled 

 student may picture its scenery, understand the allusions 

 to its topography ; and see where the roads of the country 

 must run ; he can follow the tracks of rival armies 



