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^■ c h eafe. They confifl of vaults fome fathoms 
: c l Ua -re, worked in the mountain, with oblong niches 
ln [ he walls. In feveral places may be feen obfcure 
trains of carved work in balfo relievo, over the 
Julies, and of red painting, fuch as is feen in the 
^Ptilchres at Alexandria. Thefe vaults are of a 
: v °rkmanlliip much inferior to thofe of the Ifrael- 
A S at J eru ^ em > an< ^ ' n nothing referable thofe of 
kxandria, though they feem made after their 
f- G( Iel. A great part of them are now open, and 
, er veas huts for Ihepher-ds, or dens for wild beads; 
Ut it would certainly be worth while for an Anti- 
Marian to fearch along this hill, to diicover fome 
ot yet opened, of which there is beyond doubt a 
| re at number. The town is not large, but has 
^le fine houfes towards the fea fide, of which that 
^ the French is the larged and handfomed. The 
a jbour was ruined by the famous rebel Emir Fack- 
t j ‘ n > for which reafon European veflels mud an- 
• ' l0r in the road, and refort to the harbour of Zur 
f the winter feafon. Near the harbour dands a 
f a ‘nous cadle, with a few cannon and a fmall garri- 
3 The town is governed by a Balhaw of three 
^ s » tvhofe command extends over the country to 
Gr a, over Galilee, and the adjoining mountains of 
M^liban. The principal part of the inhabitants 
Turks, together with a great number of Maro- 
jjj es .’ many Papids, and fome Greeks. The Ar- 
ts n i ails ^ ave ne kher church nor houfe : here there 
f rancifcan and Capuchin Convent in the French 
V* an d an hofpital lor the Jefuits, who have 
tI M r Convent on mount Libanon. The French is 
i lle °^y nation that trades hither ; they have nine 
Ilk V aiU houfes with a Conful, who has under him 
ji,j ‘ Ce -Conful of Acra. Their commerce is con- 
' ‘table, in regard to the place, and keeps Sidon 
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