The castle of Beir Jibrîn, by starlight. Arab musicians in the foreground. The one stringed instrument is the 'rabâb esh shâ'ir' or poet's viol; it is used as an accompaniment to chanted poetry. The double-reed pipe is the 'arghûl;' its longer reed serves as a drone or continuous bass.

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Plain of Sharon from the tower, Ramleh. This tower, shown on page 144, was the minaret of a mosque called Jâmi'a el Abtad. It has a winding staircase of one hundred and twenty steps. Its eastern windows overlook the town of Ramleh and the plain beyond, bounded by the hills of Judea.

The natural bridge, Lebanon. It is called in Arabic "Jisr el Hajr" (The Bridge of Stone). It spans the chasm through which flows the Neb'a el Lebban (Fountain of Milk), one of the sources of the Nahr el Kelb (the Dog River).

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

Fenn, Harry (1838-1911), Artist

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Grotto of Jeremiah. In the foreground is a goatherd playing on a double-reed pipe

Yabneh, the ancient Jabneh. Called also Jabneel, and by the Greeks Jamnia. It is a large village, four miles from the seashore, surrounded by orchards. Its mosque was once a Christian church. Its port, once the rival of Joppa, has now almost entirely disappeared.

Plain of Sharon from the tower, Ramleh. This tower, shown on page 144, was the minaret of a mosque called Jâmi'a el Abtad. It has a winding staircase of one hundred and twenty steps. Its eastern windows overlook the town of Ramleh and the plain beyond, bounded by the hills of Judea.

The natural bridge, Lebanon. It is called in Arabic "Jisr el Hajr" (The Bridge of Stone). It spans the chasm through which flows the Neb'a el Lebban (Fountain of Milk), one of the sources of the Nahr el Kelb (the Dog River).

Danzatrici al suono del cembalo; suoni di varj strumenti da corda e da fiato.

Djébel-Selséléh [Gebel el-Silsila]. 1. Sur un rocher, près de la chapelle de Rhamsès II; 2. Chapelle de Rhamsès II, paroi du fond.

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."

El Kab (Elethyia). Bas-reliefs de plusieurs grottes.

Aramaic sculptures--bas-relief from palace of Sardanapalus

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label_outline Explore Esh, Gaza, Accompaniment

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.

The White or Silver Bass, Roccus chrysops.

De coon wid de Auburn hair - Public domain sheet music scan

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.

Starlight (Starlight's ma gal) - Public domain sheet music scan

The rocks at Sarâbít el Khâdim ; and the temple enclosure. There are two temples, of different dates. The one not shown here is formed of two chambers excavated in the rock, having a walled continuation in front.

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.

View from upper Beth-Horon, looking westward, to the Mediterranean Sea, at sunset

Parallèle de dômes - Drawing. Public domain image.

Beside the Colorado - looking up to Zoroaster Tower from Pipe Creek.

John Ogilby - Het Koninklyk Hof met een gedeelte der Stadt Marokko.

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