The large stone in the quarry, Ba'albek called the Hajr el Hûbla. It is sixty-eight feet four inches in length. On the under side it is cut away all round, remaining attached to the bed of the rock in the middle along its entire length.

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El Kûweh, the natural bridge over the Lîtâny. It is formed of a number of fallen rocks, which have left a passage of about one hundred feet in height for the stream below

Stone tablet found in a tomb at Thebes. Discovered by the Earl of Belmore, 1818. Height of the original 1 ft. 11 1/2 in., Length 4 ft. 5 in.

Pulpit of the tomb-mosque of Barkûk. Presented by the Kaït Bay. It is carved of hard limestone, and is one of the most beautiful existing specimens of Arabian sculpture.

Stone tablet found in a tomb at Thebes. Discovered by the Earl of Belmore, 1818. Height of the original 2 ft. 3 in., breadth 1 ft. 8 1/2 in.

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).

'Ain Fîjeh. this fountain issues from a cavern with two openings, over one of which there is an arch. It forms at once a rapid stream thirty feet wide and three of four feet deep, which rushes over a rocky bed for eighty yards and then joins the Barada.

El Buwieb, the "gate" of Feirân. A narrow passage between the rocks, about one hundred feet by twenty long.

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

An Arab shrine, south-west of Ba'albek. Called Kubbet Dûris, after the neighbouring village of Dûris; it is a modern structure formed of eight ancient granite columns clumsily set up and surmounted by a heavy architrave. An enormous sarcophagus, standing on end, serves as the mihrab, or Muslim prayer niche.

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El Kûweh, the natural bridge over the Lîtâny. It is formed of a number of fallen rocks, which have left a passage of about one hundred feet in height for the stream below

Stone tablet found in a tomb at Thebes. Discovered by the Earl of Belmore, 1818. Height of the original 1 ft. 11 1/2 in., Length 4 ft. 5 in.

Pulpit of the tomb-mosque of Barkûk. Presented by the Kaït Bay. It is carved of hard limestone, and is one of the most beautiful existing specimens of Arabian sculpture.

Stone tablet found in a tomb at Thebes. Discovered by the Earl of Belmore, 1818. Height of the original 2 ft. 3 in., breadth 1 ft. 8 1/2 in.

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).

'Ain Fîjeh. this fountain issues from a cavern with two openings, over one of which there is an arch. It forms at once a rapid stream thirty feet wide and three of four feet deep, which rushes over a rocky bed for eighty yards and then joins the Barada.

El Buwieb, the "gate" of Feirân. A narrow passage between the rocks, about one hundred feet by twenty long.

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

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Tents on Munjoy's Hill, from the Observatory.

Ore Dock at Escanaba, length 1300 feet.

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Merrill slate quarry, Brownville. Maine, Stereoscope Card, NYPL.

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Interno del Tempio di Balbec, Italy

Looking towards Tyre from Nâkûrah. An old olive-tree in the foreground and a Muslim cemetary on the hillside.

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Birds eye view of Damascus, with part of Mount Lebanon

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