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per mile. This fall takes place between the volcanic masses of Safed 
and the Jaulan. 
The second section of the valley includes the basin of the Lake 
of Tiberias, twelve and a half miles long, eight miles wide, and one 
hundred and fifty feet deep. There is a very great lessening in the 
height of the watershed opposite this basin, as though Lower Galilee 
had been let down bodily. The hills, though famous in history are 
amongst the most moderate elevations of the country. 
The third section includes the gorge of the Kaukab, opposite 
Mount Tabor and Little Hermon, where there is another sharp drop. 
The fourth section includes the Plain of Beisan, which connects 
by way of the Vale of Jezreel with the Plain of Esdraelon over a 
watershed, which cannot exceed 300ft., and which is therefore con- 
siderably lower than the watershed between the Wadies Arabah and 
Akabah. Indeed if the whole country were lowered between 300 
and 400ft., perhaps rather less, the waters of the Mediterranean 
would flow into the great depression of the Dead Sea basin and fill 
it up, leaving still 300ft. before those of the Red Sea could meet 
them. The Vale of Jezreel is probably one of the most desirable 
and well- watered portions of the country, and fertile, like the Vale of 
Esdraelon, on the other side of the watershed. It might be tedious 
to detail the remaining four sections into which Captain Conder 
divides the Jordan valley. I will merely point out that it receives 
a considerable affluent from the west in the perennial stream that 
flows down the Wady Farah, which, there is reason to think, may 
follow the line of some important dislocation, and, at all events 
marks a great change in the character of the country. The Wady 
Kelt flows into the Jordan through the Plain of Jericho, and there 
are many salt springs throughout this part of its course. 
The shape of the basin of the Dead Sea may be gathered from 
the section. (Fig. 1). An extreme depth of 1,300ft. is marked, 
though this is a little in excess of any on M. Lartet’s map. The 
southern end is quite shallow for many miles, so that the actual 
basin of the Dead Sea now occupied by deep water is less than one 
would suppose. 
I would direct your attention for a moment to the watershed 
