1866.] 



from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea. 



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Throughout the entire length of this line bench marks ^ ^ have been 



cut at intervals, wherever it was practicable, on the fixed rocks, or on per- 

 manent objects. 



The following is a list of the bench marks, with the distances between 

 them : — 



List of the Bench marks made in levelling the line from the Mediterranean 

 to the Dead Sea in March, May, and June 1865. 



No. 



Place. 



Distance 

 in Miles 



and 

 Links. 



Altitude. 



Where cut. 



Remarks. 



4. 

 5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 



12. 



13. 

 14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 



23. 

 24. 



25. 

 26. 



Jaffa 



jj 



Yazur 



Bethdagon 

 Sephoneya 



Lydda 



Jimzu 







1490 



7972 



1 5831 

 3 7656 



5 5843 



7 3157 



9 6495 



11 5922 



14 0358 



14 5194 



15 1714 



15 6495 



16 4284 



17 0548 



18 0479 



18 7527 



19 5196 

 21 7893 



25 7849 



26 5121 



27 3392 



30 3428 

 30 7617 



33 5560 

 37 1670 



feet 

 3-800 



31-080 



31-225 



55-735 

 85-405 



91-435 



126-540 



143-630 



164-770 



248-630 



411-605 



478-725 



549-000 

 573-035 

 517-520 



650-075 



819-180 

 747-865 

 751-105 

 1,157-530 

 1,251-470 

 1,423-015 



2,064-945 

 2,258-250 



2,419-505 

 2,681-915 



"Wall . 



town wall . 



oh fountain 



on a well . 

 on a well . 



on a well 



on a wall 



on a tree 



garden wall 



west angle of well.. 



on rock 



on rock 



on rock 

 on rock 

 on rock 



on 



rock 



on rock 

 on rock 

 on rock 

 on rock 

 on rock 

 on wall 



on rock 

 on rock 



on rock 

 on stone 



On the wall, 3800 feet 

 above level of the Me 

 diterranean. 



On gate at entrance to 

 town. 



On the fountain near 



Jaffa. 

 At west side of road. 

 At the east end of the 



village. 

 At the west end of the 



village. 

 In Sephoneya village, 



near lone tree. 

 On a lone tree on mari- 

 time plain. 

 At east end of Lydda 



village. 

 Half a mile west of 



Jimzu village. 

 In road at thrashing 



floor, Jimzu. 

 On side of road, top of 



hiU. 



On road, top of hill. 



West side of road. 



Side of road, and junc- 

 tion of Wady, 



At junction of road to 

 Birfilleya. 



East side of road. 



On side of road. 



In centre of road. 



On side of road. 



On side of road. 



Corner of garden wal] 

 in Wady. 



South side of stream. 



Entrance to Wady Su- 

 lieman. 



East- side of road. 



Near trigonometrical 

 station, Jerusalem 

 Survey. 



