10 AGRICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE. 



GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS OF PALESTINE. 



Geologically the Paleozoic age in Palestine is represented in the 

 extreme southeast by granite and gneiss; the Secondary formations 



Fig. 2. — Map of Palestine, showing the location of the principal towns and villages. 



appear in the extreme northeast in the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous 

 is found everywhere in the form of sandstone, hard limestone, and 



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