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>3 to be found in the different parts of Judea nearefl 
the Dead Sea. The ftones on the fliore were all 
Quartz, of different colours and fizes. We fol- 
lowed the whole length of the fea fliore. Here I 
l°und Quartz ftones in the form of a flate, which is 
° ne of the rareft Natural curiofities I got in my tra- 
Ve ls. If it was burnt, it fmelt like Bitumen ; which 
Proves that it had its origin from it, like all the flate 
°f this country. We took another road to our en- 
Qrnpment, and followed the foot of that mountain, 
Jthich at this time divides Arabia Petrma from the 
Holy Land ; and was formerly the boundaries of the 
h'aelitcs who lived on this, and the other fide of 
•l°rdan. A Lichen covered in feveral places the clay 
ground in this large plain, which was fomewhat 
h’ange in an open defart. There grew in feveral 
PHces of this defart, the Tamarifk tree; Reaumuria; 
a kind of the Arabian Kali, and a labiated flower 
H Linnteus ; clafs of Didynamia ; this had a fetid 
llle U, and is called Bafel by the Arabs, which fignifies 
? Leek. I found but one fhrub of the Mimofa Ni- 
. ot ica, or true Acafta; which has been brought hither 
J birds from Arabia, its proper and native country. 
? a place near the foot of this mountain, is a river 
has its fhorcs covered with Reed, which does 
ot grow near the Dead Sea. We faw on the top of 
fountain, the Greek Convent St. Saba, famous in 
°rmer times; and where, in the firft ages of Chrifti- 
j u y> 4000 Monks were maintained, who lived there 
^ lv es. The Greeks continue to make pilgrimages 
f lc j. er > and have Monks fent hither as a punifhment 
j°T *°me tranfgreftions. As we continued our journey, 
v , 0Un d the Partridge of Arabia, or the Holy Land, 
i llc h hath never been before deferibed ; and 1 think 
hi T ne worc h a journey to the Dead Sea. Thefe 
lds ar e undoubtedly the Quails of the Ifraelites. 
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