Clarke's travels* 
SO 6 
journey in length. One hour after leaving tire camp, we crossed 
the line of separation between the dominions of Djezzar pacha 
and those of the pacha of Damascus. This line is nearly in 
the middle of the plain. At six we arrived at Jennin,* a small 
village, where we passed the night. The setting sun gave to it 
a beautiful appearance, as we drew nigh to the place. Here 
again we observed, as a fence for gardens, the cactus ficus in- 
diciiS-} growing to such enormous size, that the stem of each 
plant was larger than a man’s body. The w ood of it is fibrous, 
and unfit for any other use than as fuel. The wounds which 
its almost imperceptible thorns inflict upon those who venture 
too near it, are terrible in this climate; they are even dange¬ 
rous to Europeans. Its gaudy blossoms made a most splendid 
show, in the midst of the w eapons that surrounded them. The 
ruins of a palace and mosque in Jennin seem to prove that it 
was once a place of more importance than it is at present. 
Marble pillars, fountains, and even piazzas, still remain in a 
very perfect state. An inscription over one of these buildings 
in Arabic, purported that it w T as erected by a person of the 
name of Selim. This place is the Ginaea of ancient authors. 
Under this name it occurs in the description given of Samaria 
hy Josephus ;f deriving then, as it does now, the circumstance 
of its notoriety from its situation as a frontier village. It was 
the northern boundary of that province,;}; Adrichomius de¬ 
scribes it as situated at the foot of Mount Ephraim,5 “where,” 
says he,> Galilee ends, and Samaria begins.” Quaresmius has 
written a long chapter concerning this place.|] Here the 
level country terminates; for although many of the authors 
by whom Ginsea is mentioned, describe it as situated in the 
plain ; it is in fact placed, as Adrichomius affirms, upon the 
loot of a hill, and upon its western declivity. 
As the day broke the next morning, it was pleasing to observe 
the effects of better government in the dominion of the Pacha 
of Damascus. Cultivated fields, gardens, and cheerful counter 
nances, exhibited a striking contrast to the territories of Djez- 
zar Pacha, where all w r as desolation, wary and gloominess. We 
V& Written Jenneen by Maundrell. Journ.from Aleppo, etc. p. 111. 
f‘Lib. iii. de Beil. c. 2. 
j; Fivai'a. Vicus qui Samaritin a septentrione terminal, in campo situs, it£ 
'iP.nt -R.ufin.us nam in Graeco est Jv/.t*faAcp 7 rsSt'p.’f lllic loci situs estoho* 
diieque -vicus Zjennin, vel, ut alii scribunt, Jennin dietus, et transeunt ilium qui Pto- 
rema'ide Samariam, at que ita Hierosolymas tendunt.” Reland. Palcest, lib. iii. tow, 
jj. p. 812. Utrechi , 1714. 
■b Adrichom. Theat. Terr. Sanct. in Manassem,I. nujnb. 30. p, 73. Colon, 1§2Z? 
b Ouaresmii Blue. T, S. lib. vlfi. c. 3. tom.II. p. 816, Antwerp, 163?. 
