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The Tower of David - Phasaelus, showing the moat and bridge of the Citadel, and the gardens of the Armenian monastery, beyond the Turkish barracks

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The Mount of Olives, from a house-top at the south-west corner of the Pool of Hezekiah, looking eastward

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The cave under the Great Rock on Mount Moriah

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Franciscan monastery and Church of St. John at 'Ain Kârim, in the so-called "wilderness of St. John." On the opposite hill, up which a flock of goats is being driven, there is a school for native girls, presided over by the Sisters of Zion

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Ruins on the summit of Mount Gerizim, on the site of the Samaritan temple. In the distance, on the right, the snow-covered peaks of Mount Hermon are visible

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Nazareth from the south, now called En Nâsirah. The large building on the hill of Neby Sa'în is the English Orphanage for Girls

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The Sea of Galilee from Et Tâbighah, the supposed site of Bethsaida. The dilapidated mill in the foreground is one of several which were built here by the celebrated Sheikh Dhaher el 'Amr, to utilise the copious streams for which this place is famous

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Kubbet el Khazneh (Dome of the Treasures), Damascus. In the west part of the court of the Great Mosque. It is said to contain ancient books and other relics which are held sacred.

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South wing of the portico of the Great Temple, Ba'albek. The floor of the portico is twenty feet above the level of the adjoining ground, and it is probable that it was approached from the east by a broad flight of steps

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In the grove of cedars, Lebanon. The group of cedars occupies the top of a hill with five culminating points of various sizes. The rock on which the trees grow is white limestone, and the decaying spines, cones, and other matter have formed a dark-coloured soil. In the background rise the snow-covered peaks of Dahr el Kodîb; the highest point is ten thousand and fifty feet above the sea-level.

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Kefar Saba. A straggling village consisting of houses built chiefly of sun-dried bricks, with extensive orchards to the west and south of it. It is fourteen miles from Jaffa, and is interesting in as much as it preserves the name of the ancient Caphar Saba.

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Bedawín encampment, Wâdy Sebíyeh, Sinai. This valley has been mentioned as a likely camping ground for the Israelites, because of the view afforded of the summit of Jebel Músa. There is no open space, however, for a great multitude.

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The "Virgin's tree." At the time of the inauguration of the Suez Canal this tree was presented to the Empress Eugénie by the Khedive. The garden in which it stands is watered by means of a double sakîyeh supplied from a reservoir fed by springs.

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The southern slopes of Olives and the mountains of Moab from the same spot, overlooking David Street, crowded with people; the large domed quadrangle on the right is the Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews.

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Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102).

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