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describes it as situate at the foot of Mount chap. 
» VI. 
Ephram\ "where,' says he, "Galilee ends, and ^i. . y * 
Samaria begins." Quaresmius has written a long 
chapter concerning this place*. Here the level 
country terminates ; for although many of the 
authors, by whom Gincea is mentioned, describe 
it as situate in the plain, it is in fact placed, as 
Adrichomius affirms, upon the foot of a hill, and 
upon its western declivity. 
As the day dawned the next morning, it was Effect pro- 
, . , ^ r(> r duced by 
pleasmg to observe the effects of better govern- better go- 
mentm the dommion ol the Faska oi Damascus. 
Cultivated fields, gardens, and cheerful counte- 
nances, exhibited a striking contrast to the 
territories oi Djezzar Pasha, where ill was deso- 
lation, war, and gloominess. We began our 
journey to Napolose at four o'clock. At seven 
we arrived at the Castle of Santorri, situate santorn. 
upon a hill, and much resembling the old 
castellated buildings in England. It is very 
strong, and, for a place of so muc'i consideration, 
it may be wondered that no account is given 
of it, even by authors who have mentioned 
almost every village in the i/o/y Land. We 
(3) Adrichom. Theat. Terr. Sanet. in Manassem, I. Num. 39. p. 73. 
Colon. 1628. 
(4) Qtutresmix Eluc. T. S. lib. vii. r. 3. torn. II. p. 816. Antv. 1639. 
