gftOM NAPOLOSE TO JERUSALEM. 
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was ; mouiitaiijous, rocky, and full of loose stones yet the cul¬ 
tivation was every where marvellous: it afforded one of the 
most striking pictures of human industry which it is possible 
to behold. The limestone rocks and stony valleys of Judaea 
were .entirely covered with plantations of'figs, ; vines, and olive 
trees ,* not a single spot seemed to be neglected. The hills, 
from their bases to their upmost summits, were entirely, cover¬ 
ed with gardens : all of these were free. from weecls,. and iq 
the .highest state: of agricultural perfection. Even the sides 
of the most barren mountains, had been rendered,, fertile, by 
being divided into terraces, like steps rising one above, another, 
whereon soil had beem accumulated • with . astonishing labour* 
Among the standing crops, we noticed millet, cotton, linseed, , 
and tobacco; and occasionally small, fields of barley. .A 
sight of this territory can 1 alone convey'any adequate. idea^ of 
its surprising produce: it is .truly the. Eden of the - east, re- 
jo icing io. the abundance of its wealth. The effect of tins up- 
on the people was .strikingly pourtrayed in every counter 
ua.nce .5 instead of, the depressed and gloomy looks of, .Djezzar. 
Tacha’s. desolated plains, health,, hilarity, and peace,, were vi¬ 
sible in the features of. the inhabitants. ■ Under a wise.,and a- ; 
beneficent government, the produce of the Holy Land would 
exceed all calculation. Its', perennial harvest ;f the salubrity 
of its air ;l its limped spring,; its.- rivers, lakes, and.matchless• 
plains ; its hills and valesall these, added to tie .serenity 
inent from tiis-jourziaL (See pp„ 62, 63, 64, 66, . 6'7. Journ. from-Ale|d to’Jerus*- 
OXf. 1721V) . . 
Hours. 
Napolosa to Kane Lcban.—4 
•Kane Lebaii to Betlrel --1 3-4 
Bethel to Beer —2 1-2 
Beer to Jerusalem — —3 1-3 
11 . 35 min. 
Adapting,, therefore, MauridrelPs .time to Relahd’s scale, the distance would he little 
mure than thirty-four miles and a half. We considered it to be much morebut 
Aiftlcult to obtain accurate measure, even by actual observat ion of the country, ow¬ 
ing to its mountainous and- r ugged nature. 
* If the following passage from Phoehs afforded the only internal e vidence to be 
found in his Work, of his havingvisited the' country, -travellers.,•• wild .follow him, will 
deem it'satisfactory. ‘H <5/ o 5 gs rivLcra *Ai’GitrrpcaTOr, xar. Taftraj xdrA^pssAcrct/n if&cra ■ 
idai!y*t\ v-wpa, xal ctuxtmpa. rcm u<x(- xar^inXcs xal v#65e'v5p3s. “Via /est omnis la- 
p-idhs strata ; et, licet tota earegio siccitate arescat, et squalleat', ubique tanfien viti- 
Pusetarboribus constipatur.” Phocae v '©escr. Terr. Sanct. r a 14: CMdn. J653. The 
extraordinary cultivation of this singular country and the mode of it, is also : noticed 
by Maimdrell. Sex Jovm. from Alep to Jerus pp ..64 .65.. — 
t “ The seasons,-” says Josephus, “ seem to maintain a eompdtiliOh, winch should 
be- most productive. See his account of the country around the like of -Genesareth, 
(lib. iii, do Bell, ev 18.) as cited in a former chapter of this work. 
' f We saw neither mosquitoes nor locustsnor did the croaking of toads or frogs 
denote the vicinity of any of. those deadly marshes which .poison- the atmosphere At- 
»© mahy shores of'the Mediterranean, 
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