Field. 
28G THE HOLY LAND. 
Joseph', and the Well of Jacob'', where the Valley of 
Sichem opens mto a fruitful plain, Avatered by a 
stream which rises near the town . This is allowed, 
jacoVs by all writers, to be the piece of land mentioned 
by St. John\ which Jacob bought ■* " at the hand 
of the Children oi Emmor,'" and where he erected 
his altar^ to " the God of Israel." Afterwards, as the 
day dawned, a cloudless sky foretold the exces- 
sive heat we should have to encounter in this 
day's journey : and before noon, the mercury in 
Fahrenheit s thermometer, in the most shaded 
situation we could find, stood at 102 degrees. 
Our umbrellas scarcely afforded protection, the 
reflection from the ground being almost as in- 
supportable as the sun's direct rays. We had, 
during the morning, a long and most tedious 
ride, without rest or refreshment ; silently fol- 
lowing our guides, along a narrow and stony 
track, over a mountainous country, and by the 
edge of precipices. We passed, without notice, 
a place called Lebanhj Maiindrell^, the Lehoriah 
(1) See ManndrelVs Journey, &c. p. G2. Oxf. 1721. 
(2) " At about one third of an hour from Naplosa, we came to 
■ Jacob's Well." Ibid. 
(3) Chap. iv. 5. 
(4) Genesis xx\\\i. 19. 
(5) "And he erected there an altar, and called it (El-Elohe-IsmclJ 
God, the God ok Israel." Ibid. v. 20. 
(6) See p. 63, Journ. from Aleppo, &c. 
