MOUNT HOR, FROM THE CLIFFS ENCIRCLING PETRA. 
This view was taken from a great height. On the evening previous to his entering 
Petra, the Artist scaled one of the hills, which promised to give him a glimpse of the 
great object of his journey. But on reaching the summit, he found himself in the 
midst of a region of hills. His disappointment was amply repaid by the general scene. 
The view was magnificent, commanding El Ghor and the Wady Arabah, while above 
him towered the naked majesty of Mount Hor, and around and beneath lay the rocks 
of Mount Seir, bathed in the splendours of an Eastern sunset. 1 
But an interest more powerful than any which can arise from mere beauty or 
grandeur of landscape is connected with the scene. It is impossible to forget, that 
on this spot was transacted one of the most solemn events of Scripture; that in the 
ravines and plains immediately surrounding the spectator, the Camp of Israel was 
pitched; that on the wild declivity before the eye, trod the leader of the chosen 
people, ascending to be present at the death which was so significant of his own; and 
that on its summit, and in the sight of the assembled nation, the first high-priest 
of Israel surrendered his office and passed to glory. 2 
Roberts’s Journal. 
a Numbers xx. 
