Convent of the Mullawîyeh, or dancing dervishes, Tripoli, with a distant view of the snow crowned summits of Lebanon. In the foreground flows the Kadîsha (the sacred river), called also Nahr Abû Ali. On the pathway may be seen a water-wheel and two millst

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The Nahr Leddân, an affluent of the Jordan. It joins the stream from Bâniâs four miles south of Tell el Kâdy

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Vue de Tschibal Esselsele, ou de la montagne de la chaîne, appelée de la sorte parce qu[e] anciennement on fermoit ici, l'entrés du Nil, par une chaîne, qui étoit attachée à chaque bout aux deux collonnes qu'on voit ci-dessus).

Aswân, the Syene of Juvenal. The chief entrance to the town is beneath the two noble lebbekh trees to the left of the minaret, and opposite the landing place for streamers. Dahabîyehs moor higher up, as is shown in the foreground.

Qâou el-Kebyreh [Qau el-Kebir] (Antaeopolis). Vue perspective du temple.

The river Kishon from El Mahrakah. The place of Elijah's sacrifice. A Bedawîn encampment in the foreground, and the hills of Galilee in the distance beyond a forest of oak-trees.

The valley of the Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim). The scenery in this valley was not surpassed by any in Lebanon. The hillsides are in many places clothed with pines and oak-trees, and groves of mulberry and fruit-trees border the stream.

Rock tombs or Gebel-es-Silsileh. At this point the Nile is scarcely eleven hundred feet wide. The rocky barrier through which the river has forced its way is honeycombed with grottoes of the time of the great Theban dynasties.

Mount Hermon from Râsheiya. The name Hermon (like harem) signifies "unapproachable," or "the holy." The Sidonians called this Mount Sirion. The Arabic name Jebel esh Sheikh means "mountain of the aged" or "of the white-headed." It is also called Jebel eth Thelj, the "snow mountain."

Shrine of Sheikh Samat at Sur'ah (Zorah), on the summit of the hill. Below is shown the upper part of the Wâdy es Su'ar (Vally of Sorek), which falls into the river called Nahr Rubîn.

The gorge of the Kadîsha -- Lebanon

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Wilson, Charles William, Sir (1836-1905), Author

Fenn, Harry (1838-1911), Artist

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The Nahr Leddân, an affluent of the Jordan. It joins the stream from Bâniâs four miles south of Tell el Kâdy

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Vue de Tschibal Esselsele, ou de la montagne de la chaîne, appelée de la sorte parce qu[e] anciennement on fermoit ici, l'entrés du Nil, par une chaîne, qui étoit attachée à chaque bout aux deux collonnes qu'on voit ci-dessus).

Aswân, the Syene of Juvenal. The chief entrance to the town is beneath the two noble lebbekh trees to the left of the minaret, and opposite the landing place for streamers. Dahabîyehs moor higher up, as is shown in the foreground.

Qâou el-Kebyreh [Qau el-Kebir] (Antaeopolis). Vue perspective du temple.

The river Kishon from El Mahrakah. The place of Elijah's sacrifice. A Bedawîn encampment in the foreground, and the hills of Galilee in the distance beyond a forest of oak-trees.

The valley of the Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim). The scenery in this valley was not surpassed by any in Lebanon. The hillsides are in many places clothed with pines and oak-trees, and groves of mulberry and fruit-trees border the stream.

Rock tombs or Gebel-es-Silsileh. At this point the Nile is scarcely eleven hundred feet wide. The rocky barrier through which the river has forced its way is honeycombed with grottoes of the time of the great Theban dynasties.

Mount Hermon from Râsheiya. The name Hermon (like harem) signifies "unapproachable," or "the holy." The Sidonians called this Mount Sirion. The Arabic name Jebel esh Sheikh means "mountain of the aged" or "of the white-headed." It is also called Jebel eth Thelj, the "snow mountain."

Shrine of Sheikh Samat at Sur'ah (Zorah), on the summit of the hill. Below is shown the upper part of the Wâdy es Su'ar (Vally of Sorek), which falls into the river called Nahr Rubîn.

The gorge of the Kadîsha -- Lebanon

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In the shoe bazaar. This was formerly a school, an interesting building now in a very dilapadated condition. The gateway, however, is still preserved.

The temple at Deir el 'Ashâir. It stands on a platform of massive masonry, one hundred and twenty-six feet long by sixty-nine feet wide, and about twenty feet high on the eastern side, which faces Mount Hermon. The village is inhabited by a few families of Druses and Christians.

Cedar rail fence at Wilson Cedar Forest Project near Lebanon, Tennessee.

Marquette from the convent. Lake Superior, Michigan. Stereoscope card.

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View near rock-cut on sec. 17 showing ledgemen in the foreground and brickmasons in the background.

Wady-el-Jib, a characteristic example of a valley in the favoured territory of Ephraim. The olive-trees, shading the ancient foot-paths, proclaim that a village is near.

The beautiful pathway that led to the kingdom called home

Muhammad and Abû Bakr are feted by Umm Ma'badah's tribe.

Comincia la serie delle battaglie e conquiste di Ramses III [Ramesses II], rappresentate nel grande Speco d'Ibsambul [Abû Sunbul] in Nubia]. Il re percote un mazzo di vinti di varie specie dinnanzi ad Amon-rê [Amon].

Quarters for laborers. Plantation near Convent, Louisiana

Union Canal above the Lebanon Valley Bridge.

Pathway and Lilacs, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass.

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