VI 
280 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, through the territory of Samaria ; his approach 
to the metropoUs of that country; its name; 
his arrival at the Amorite field which terminates 
the narrow valley of Sichem ' ; the antient custom 
of halting at a well; the female employment of 
drawing water ; the Disciples sent into the city 
for food, by which its situation out of the town 
is so obviously implied ; the question of the 
woman referring to existing prejudices which 
separated the Jeius from the Samaritans ; the 
depth of the well; the Oriental allusion contained 
in the expression *' living ivater;" the history of 
the ?uell, and the customs thereby illustrated ; 
the worship upon Mount Gerizim ; all these 
occur within the space of twenty verses : and 
if to these be added, what has already been 
referred to" in the remainder of the same 
chapter, we shall perhaps consider it as a field, 
which, in the words of Him who contemplated 
its ultimate produce^ " we may lift up our 
EYES, AXD LOOK UPOX, FOR IT IS WHITE 
ALREADY TO HARVEST." 
(U "At this well, the narrow valley of Sychem ends; openiug 
itself into a wide field, which is probably part of that parcel of ground 
given by Jacob to his sou Joseph." Journey from Alep. to Jems. 
p.G3. Oj/. 1721. 
(2) See p. 185, Note 1 ; and p. 186; of this volume. 
(3) John, iv. 35. 
