Orontes, river, Nahr el 'Asy, 239.
Othman el Ilazury, mazar, grove and ruin
at, 242.

Owely, Bostrenus river, source, course, and
scenery of, 85; cataract of, at Jezzîn, 85;
bridge of, 86; khan at, 86.

Ox-goad, scr. all. to, 322, 323; ox goaring a
man, scr. all. to, 335.

Painting the eye, 461.

Palm-trees, 48; scr. all. to, 49, 50.
Pan, temple of, at Baneas, 232.

Parable of the sower, 82, 83; of the king's

feast, 125; of the fig-tree, 349.
Parables of our Lord, naturalness of, 406.
Parched corn, 648.

Partridge, Syrian, 208; hunted by falcons,

209.

Passports, anecdote concerning, 47, 48.
Paul before Felix in Cæsarea, 494; as a pri-
soner in Cæsarea, 503; his route from Jeru-
salem to Cæsarea, 506.

Pelican described, scr. all. to, 260, 261.
Pella, city, Tubukat Fahel, 456, 457.
Perizzites, location of, 164.
Persian water-wheels, 516, 517.
Petrified wood and cane, 348.

Phiala, Lake, Birket Ram, 239, 241; not
source of the Jordan, 241; full of leeches,
241.

Philip of Macedon, coin of, 134, 135.
Philip and eunuch, route of, 536.
Philistia, plain of, fertility of, harvest scene

on foggy morning, villages of, 542, 544; re-
semblance to American prairies, 557.
Philistines, origin of, 504, 523, 524.
Phoenicia, boundaries and plains of, 166.
Phoenician harbours, 100; sarcophagus and
inscription on, 137–139.

Phoenicians, origin of, according to Herodo-

tus, 162; according to Josephus, 162; ac-
cording to the Bible, 163, 165; not from the
Red Sea, 165.

Politeness, Oriental, 87.

Pomegranate described, 583; scr. all. to,

584.

Pools, scr. all. to, 212; nauseous character of
the water, 213; fail in dry weather, 212.
Pools and fountains of Jerusalem, of Hezekiah,
of Upper Gihon, of Lower Gihon, Well of Job,
Pool of Siloam, Fountain of the Virgin, Beth-
esda, Birket sitt Miriam, 654, 656.
Porphyreon, ruined city, 67.

Pottage, Esau's, 587; Frank children extrava-
gantly fond of it, 587.

Potter and his wheel, 520. 521; scr. all. to,
521.

Prayer, Moslem, attitudes of, 25; on a river
bank, 143.

Precious stones, scr. all. to, 284.
Promontorium Album, Ladder of Tyre, 302.
Purpura, shell of Tyrian purple, 108, 181, 182.

Quagmires common in Syria and Palestine,

361.

Quails, hunting of, 209.

Quarantania, Mountain of Temptation, 617.
Quarries, ancient, at 'Adlun, 161; near Cas-
area, 493.

Rachael stealing her father's idols, 369, 370
tending sheep, 589; tomb of, 644.
Rain, winter, prayed for, 91; description of,
91, 92; unequal distribution of, 395.
Rakhleh, temples at, 232.
Ramah, sight of, 645.

Rameh, Rama of Naphtali, 232, 233.
Ramleh, tower at, 528, 529; view from it,
530; vaults at, 529; origin of the name,
Church of St. John at, 531; soap factories
at, 532.

Rams' skins dyed red, 97.

Ramy, Rama of Asher, 288.

Ras es Shukkah, Theoprosopon, 36.

Ras il 'Ain, at Tyre, pools at, 187, 188; aque-
ducts from, 187, 188.

Rash'iat el Fukhar, 232.
Raven and Noah's ark, 51.
Reapers, gleaners, 647, 648.

Rebekah's marriage, history of, illustrated,
591-593.

Refuge, cities of, 261, 262.

Rehob, identification with, 254, 255.
Rehoboth, site of, 558.

Relic worship, scr. all. to, 329.

Religion a mercantile commodity in the East,
408-411; political rights guaranteed by re-
ligion, 410.

Renthieh, vill. (Arimathea), 525.
Rephaims, giants, 164; plain of, 644.
Retaliation, law of, 290.

Rimmon of Zebulun, 426.

Roads, character of, mending of, 48; Roman

75.

Robbers at Bay of Acre, scr. all. to robbers,

314.

Roe, gazelle, 171.

Roman mile-stone near Sidon, 140.
Roofs, flat, 39; battlements of, 39; uses of,
39; sleeping upon, ser. all. to, 41, 42.
Rose, Hebrew Khubbazleh, 112; of Sharon
described, 513.

Rubudiyeh, wady and ruins, 333.

Rum, ruin, Ruma of Josephus, 426.

Rumeish, vill, 284; destroyed by earthquake,
277.

Rump of sheep. 97.

Ruth and Boaz, 648, 650.

S'aary, brook at Banias, 240.

Sabbatic River identified and described, 263,
266.

Sacred shrines, fanaticism concerning, 639,

640; their identification not necessary to
faith, 679, 680.

Safed, 136; castle of, 272; not Bethulia, pos-
sibly the city set on an hill," 273; prospect
from, 273; perhaps castle of Seph, 273; vil-
lages surrounding it, 273, 275; manners and
superstitions of the Jews there, 275; strings
stretched on poles made to represent walls
of a city, 275, 276; destroyed by earthquake
in 1837, 276-279.

Saied Bey Jemblât, 82.

Saint Saba, 609; his residence in the desert

of Judea, 610.

Salemia, Salamin, ruins, 333.

Salt losing its savour, 381.

Salt lakes and marshes in Syria, 382.
Salutations, Oriental, character of, 346.
Samaria, Sebustia, situation of, 468; view
from, colonnade of, Church of John Bap-
tist at, 468; present inhabitants of, 469.
Samaritans, traditions about Melchizedek

and Mount Moriah, 474, 476; temple of
Samaritans on Gerizim described, 475, 476;
Pentateuch of, 477.
Samechonitis, Greek name of Lake Hulen,
214

Samson carrying gates of Gaza, 551; grind-
ing at mill, 550, 551; setting fire to wheat,
552, 553; overthrowing temple, 553, 554;
wedding feast of, in Timnath, 566; charac-
ter of his wife, 566.

Sanchoniatho, chronicles of, 35.
Sand desert of Beirut, 57, 58; ripples of, 57;
along the sea-coast, 504; effect on mouths
of the rivers, 510; encroachments on plain
of Philistia, 545.

Sandydowns at head of the Bayof Acre,314,315.
Sanik river, 140.

Sanur, plain and castle of, 467, 468.

Sarafend, Sarepta, 160; ruins of, 161; widow
of 160; Elijah at, 161.
Sarcophagi, 58, 137.

711

Saul, visiting witch of Endor, 451; death of,
on Gilboa, 451; government of, a cruel des-
potism, 571.

Scanderuna, Alexandroschene, ruins of
302.

Schlieffen, countess of, 220.
Scorpions described, 246, 247.

Scrip, ser. all. to, 845.

Sea-coast of Syria, configuration of, 498,
Sects and tribes of Syria, 166, 167; distribu-
tion of, 168.

Seddan, temple on Hermon, 232.

Seed, destruction of, 83; rotting under the
clod, 84, 35.

Seely, vill, civil war in, 464, 465.
Sefurieh, ancient Sephoris, description of,
430, 431.

Sehm Jaulan, probably Golan, 362.

Seid Yehuda, mazar, 254; temples at, 251;
probably "Judah on Jordan," 254.

Seleucia, 106.

Selukia, ancient ruin in Jaulan, 366.
Semakh, village on south end of Lake Tiberias,
the ancient Hippos, 391.
Semmunia, vill., 430.

Sennacherib's approach to Jerusalem, 671.
Sepulchres of prophets, idolatrous reverence
for, 640; of prophets, scr. all. to, 639, 640.
Serada, ruins, rock tombs at, 225, 226.
Serpent-charmers, 154, 155.

Sesostris, monuments of, at Dog River, 44.
Shaduf, Egyptian irrigating machine, 517,

Shechem, Nablus, Jotham's speech to the
people of, 473, 474.

Sheep, crossing the Damur, 62; large-tailed,
96; account of, by Herodotus, and by Rus-
sel, 96, 97; large flocks of, 331.
Sheep-folds, 201, 202.

Shefa 'Amar, town, 323.

Sheikh 'Alv el Mughraby, Moslem reformer,
299.

Sheikh Fareîj, chief of Arab tribe, visit to,
367, 369.

Sheikh el Mujahid, mazar, 300.
Shepherds, 62, 202; going before sheep, 202;
dogs of the flock, 202; encountering wild
animals, 203; feeding the flock, 204; life of,
on the mountains, 204; scr. all. to shepherds
and flocks, 204, 205.

Shepherd's staff, 205; shepherd's tent, 206.
Sherd of pottery to take fire in, 522.

Shields and spears, 555.

Shiites, Persian Moslems, 168.
Shocoh, Shuweikeh, town, 567.
Shoes, Oriental, 121.

Shrines, reverence for, 328; reverence due
them, 642, 643, 673, 674.
Shuf, district of, 82.

Shugshab, ruin, probably ancient Sennabris,

395.

Shukif, castle, Bellefort, 142, 222.

Shunammite woman and Elisha, 457; re-
storation of her land, 458.
Shunem, see Sulam.
Shutta, vill., 450.

Shwoifat, olive grove of, 51; view from, 57.
Shwoizirieh, ruins of, 307.

Sidon, view of, from the north, 88; gardens,

111, 112; history, 88, 89; ancient manufac-
tures, 100; allusions to, in Homer, 100, 101;
cemeteries of, 105, 106; modern statistics,
108; ancient remains of, 109, 110; ancient
wall of, 109; castles of, 109; fruits of, 111;
colonies of, 89.

Silk, gardens of, on the 'Aujeh, 524.
Siloam, non-poetic surroundings of, 659.
Simon the tanner, house of, at Jaffa, 520.
Sindiany, vill., camp ground, 489; oaks and
morning scene at, 490; insecurity of neigh-
bourhood, 491.

Sinites, 164, 166.
Sinsilet el Hiyeh, 256.

Sirocco wind described, 295; varieties of, 536,
537.

Sitting at work, 132,

Skaik, ancient ruin, possibly the Sacaca of
Ptolemy, 362.

Sleeping on the ground, stone pillows, 61;
whole families in one room, 126.
Sling used at Hasbeiya, 572.

Slingers, left-handed, Benjamites, 572, 573.
Sluggard, scr. all. to, Arab anecdotes of,

336-338,

Smoking, Arab pipes, argela, 113, 114.
Soap factories at Ramleh, ashes, alkali used
in manufacture of soap, 531, 532.
Soba, Ramathaim-zophim, destroyed by Ibra-
him Pasha, 665.

Sodom, plain of, ancient fertility of, theory
concerning, 622-624; overthrow of, ex-
plained, 623.
Sogana, (Sujan), 362.
Sogane, 333.

Solomon's sacrifices and dream at Gibeon,
670.

Solomon's Pools described, 603, 604; aque-

ducts from, to Jerusalem, 605, 606.
Sowing seed, parable of, 82, 83; sowing in
tears, 84; sowing late, 219.
Sparrow, scr. all. to, 43; field sparrows, 507,
508; nests of, 258.
Spinning with distaff, 681.

Stanhope, Lady Hester, residence of, 78, 79,
history, character, burial, and tomb of
78-81.

Stanley, his adoption of Samaritan traditions,
474, 475.

Stewards, Wakeels, dishonesty of, scr. all
to, 334.

St. George, Bay of, 37; St. George and the
dragon, 37.

St. Helen's towers, 58, 145.

St. James, cave and tomb of, 633.
St. Mary, church and sepulchre of, 634.
St. Saba, convent, region about it, 610, 611.
Stork, migrations of, anecdotes of, 324, 326.
Storms, 90; Euroclydon, 92; description of

a storm, 133; fatal, on the plains of Ijon,
224, 225.

Storms on Lake Tiberias, 374, 375; wind
storm at Gamala, 387.

Strato's Tower, not original name of
Cæsarea, 493, 499, 504.

Streets, Oriental, narrow, 32.

Subbarin, vill. and fountain on Carmel, 489
aqueduct from, 493.

Subeiba, Arabic name of the castle of Banias,

245.

Succoth, Arabic Sakut, 456.

Sugar-mills near Jericho, 621.

Sujan, Sogana, ancient ruin, situation and
view from, 362.

Sukhnin, Sogane, 333.

Sulam, Shunem, camp-ground of Philistines,

451.

Sulemia, wady of, 332, 333.

Summach, ancient ruin in Jaulan, 363.
Sunnites, orthodox Moslems, 168.
Sunrise at Banias, 247.
Swallows, migration of, 326.

Swords and daggers, Oriental, 572.
Sycamore-tree, 22; figs of, 23; Zaccheus in,
22; type of faith, 24; wood of, 24.
Sychar, identification of, 472.
Synagogue at Jerusalem, visit to, singing
and worship in, 682, 683.

Syria and Palestine, population of, 166, 167.
Syro-phoenician woman, 160.

Tabor, mount, height of, appearance of, from
different points, 432; ascent of, 433; ruins
on, 433; not scene of transfiguration, 433;
watershed between Kishon and the Jordan
discussed, 434, 435.

Talismans, writing of, 98, 99.

Tamra, ford over the Litany, 142.
Tamyras, river Damur, 59.

Tantours, horns of ladies' head-dress, 73.
Tantura, Dor, 139; described, 500.

Tares, Arabic zowan, description of, 421; not
degenerated wheat, 421, 422.

Tarichæa, at outlet of Jordan, site of, 392;
Josephus's fleet at, 392; castle at, 394.
Tarshiha, town, 299.

Tarshish and Tarsus, site of, discussed, 71.
Tattooing, Oriental, ser. all. to, 65, 67.
Taxes and tax-gatherers, 320.
Tear-bottles, 103.

Tekoa, ruined village, 606,

Tell Abu Zabura, columns on, 504.
Tell el Burak, 142, 145; Birweh, 320, 330;
Caimon on Esdraelon, 479; Dauk, 320;
Delwa, 565; Dibbin, Ijon, 222, 223; Haru-
thich, 820; Hubbeish, 142; Hum, Caper-
naum, ruins of, 350; Husn, at Beisan, 453;
el Kady, Dan, Laish, 214; described, 247,
250; Khaizeran, 161; Kezan, 319; Kussis, on
the Kishon, 479; M'ashuk, 187; Taulib in
the Ghor, 390; Thora and marshes in
Esdraelon, 436, 437; of Jaulan, 365.
Temple area, fountains beneath, 689; vaults
under it, 689; traditionary sites within it,
688.

Temples in Anti-Lebanon and Hermon, 281-

237.

Temples in Lebanon, 258.

Tent-dwelling peasants, 295, 296.
Tent-life, 61; pleasures of, 447.
Tent-pins (watads), ser. all. to, 440, 441.
Tents of Kedar, 171.

Terebinth, 243, 244; described, 267, 268.
Tesselated pavement, 680.

Theatre at Miamas, near Cæsarea, 492.
Thief, penitent, city of, 535.

Thorns cut up, for burning lime, 59; burned,
scr. all. to, 341, 342.
Threshing-floors and machines, scr. all. to,

538-540.

Thuban, large ruin in Jaulan, 365.
Tiberias, city of, spared by the Romans, not
visited by our Saviour, 398; destroyed by an
earthquake, 279; ruins near it, discussed,
399; sacred city of the Jews, 399; walls and
buildings of, 399, 400; heat in summer, 400.
Tiberias, lake of, north shore described,

varied climate of, 357, 358; storms on lake,
374; sunrise upon, 397; length and breadth
of, 400; geological formation of shores, 400;
absence of boats and fishermen upon, 401.
Tibnin, Toron, vill. and castle, 210.
Tilthatha, temple of, Neby Sufah, 232.
Time, Oriental notation of, 64.
Timnath, Tibneh, place of Samson's wife, 564.
Tombs, ornamented with myrtle and palm
branches, 104; women mourning at, 102;
tombs in the rocks, 106; purchase of tombs,
106; tombs of the judges, 636, 637; plan of,
106, 107; tombs in the clefts of the rocks,
208; of kings, 635, 636; of the prophets, 637,
638; of Simon the Just and of the Sanhed-
rim, 639.

Tophet, type of hell, 641, 642.

713

Toron, castle of the Crusaders, Tibnin, 210.
Tortosa, town, 106.

Tower of David, 629, 650.

Transfiguration of Christ, scene of 251.
Travelling in winter, difficulties of, 320-322.
Treasure-seekers, infatuation of 155.
Trees, sacred and remarkable, 442.
Tribes, boundaries of, 511, 312.

Tubloon, caves of, 187; sarcophagi at, 187;
temples at. 140.

Tubukat, Fahel Pella, 456, 457.
Tur'an, vill. and plain of, 425.

Tyre, Sur, plain of, ruins round the bay of,
176; insecurity of its present harbour, 176;
prophecies concerning Tyre, 177; area of
the island, 178; Alexander's causeway, 179;
great stone in north wall, 179; granite
columns, 180; ancient edifices excavated,
180; fountains and supply of water, 181;
Tyrian purple, 109, 181; origin of Tyre, site
of continental Tyre, 182, 183; Tell Hubbeish
the acropolis of it, 183; siege of Nebuchad-
nezzar, 177; destruction of, by Alexander,
183; commerce of Tyre, according to
Ezekiel, 181-186; cathedral of Tyre de-
scribed by Eusebius, 189; Paul departing
from Tyre, 190; remains of the eastern wall
under the causeway of Alexander, 193.

Um ez Zeinat, vill. in Carmel, 487.
Untempered mortar, ser. all. to, 390, 391.
Upper chamber, 160.

Urtas, valley of, described, 608.
Usdud, see Ashdod.

Usdum, ridge of rock salt, 623.
Uz, land of, see Job.

Vaults under temple area, 688, 689.
Veils, scr. all. to, 50; of Ruth, 649.
Via Dolorosa, 678, 679.

Waar, Hebrew yaar, rocky woods, 306.
Wady Aiun, 207, 284; 'Amud, 274; Benna,
297; Farah, 239; Habis, 208; Hajeir, 212;
Hamul, 303; Hamam, 347; Hendaj, 261;
Jelo, 208; el Kurn, 297; Kutamone, ruins
in, 305; beautiful scenery of, 305; Kuzrōne,
martens in cliffs of, 306; Leimuny, 274, 347;
Sulemia, 331, 332; es Sh'ab, 330; et Teim,
164, 215; Mu'adummîyeh, 258; el Wnkk'as,
261; Yafury, 215; Nashif, near Capernaum,
359; Ruzzanfyeh, or W. Sulam, in Jaulan,
365; Tellaiyeh, in Jaulan, 366; Jermiah, in
Jaulan, 366; Shukaiyif, night at, Arab
encampment in, 367-369; Semak, east of
Lake Tiberias, site of Kersa, wild boars in,
375, 378; Fedjas, fountain and aqueduct in,
394; Hamam, fortified caves of Arbela in,
Kul. Ibn M'an, described, 423; Sherrar, 434,
443; Jalud, 455, 456; Osheh, 454; Mukhur-
kush, 454; Yabis, 456, 457; Belamy, 466;

Kusab, 479, 486; Milhh, 480; Dalia, on Car-
mel, 488; Zichariyeh, caves in, 533; 'Aly,
534; Surar, 536; Simsim, 563; Sumpt, battle-
field between David and Goliath, 564;
Suleiman, 670; Senaber, 576; 'Ain el Kuf,
576; En Nar, (the Kidron), 610; Kelt,
(Cherith of Elijah ?) 622.
Wakeels, stewards, scr. all. to, 334.
Washing of hands, 128; of feet, 122.
Watchmen on city walls, 598; of vineyards,
on mountains, 599.

Watering with the foot, 518, 519.
Water jars and bottles, 575.

Water-spouts, 321; on sea and on land, ser.
all. to, 504, 506.

Water-wheels of Hamath, 518.

Water-wheels, Persian, described, 516, 517.
Wedding, Oriental, 591.

Well of Jacob at Nablus, 472.

Wells, uncovered, scr. all. to, anecdotes of,
335; public, in plain of Philistia, 544; dig-
ging of, 559; covered with great stones, 589;
typical signification of, 589, 590; washing
sheep at, 589.

Whales in the Mediterranean, 68, 69.
Witches and witchcraft, 149.

Wild artichoke, Hebrew gulgâl, ser. all. to,
563, 564.

Wives, Oriental, characteristics of, 681, 682.
Women, Oriental, dress, seclusion, social
state, 122, 123; desire for children, 123, 124;
social degradation of, 130, 131; grinding at
a mill, scr. all. to, 526, 527; not insulted in
Syrian civil wars, 465.

Wood of Ephraim, Hebrew, yaar, Arabic,
waar, 243.

Wood panel-work, 680, 681; best specimens
of, at Damascus, 681.

Wrecks in the Bay of Acre, 314.
Writing, Oriental, materials of, letter-writing,
131; on door-posts and walls, 98, 99.

Yaffa, vill. Japhia of Zebulun, 430.

Yafury, plain and mazar, 240.
Yakuk, Hukkok (?), 334.

Yalo, vill. and valley, Ajalon, 533.
Yanoah, vill. ancient site, 301.
Yarin, ruins, 288.

Yarone, Iron, ruins at, 281.
Yathir, vill, 207.

Yebla, vill., possibly Ibleam, 500.
Yebna, ancient Jamnia, large agricultural
town, 537, 538; threshing-floors at, 538.
Yerka, vill. ancient, 301.

Yidma, ancient ruin, 444.

Zaanaim, plain of, Canaanite camp-ground

267.

Zaccheus in the sycamore-tree, 22, 23.
Zahrany river, 142.

Zaora, Nusairiyeh village, at foot of Hermon,

164.

Zare, tomb of, 170.

Zebulun and Naphtali, land of, prophecy of

Isaiah concerning, 426.

Zechariah, tomb of, 632, 633.

Zephath, Hormah, probably Sebâta, 558.
Zer'in, Jezreel, 459.

Zerka, Crocodile River, mills at, 497; camp-
ground, night-watch at, 502.
Zib, Achzib, Ecdippa, 304.
Zifty, vill., tombs, ruins at, 142.
Ziklag, given to David, 569; taken by Ama-
lekites, 570.

Zikr, Moslem ceremony, 100.

Zikrin, remarkable cisterns at, 575, 576.
Zimrites, location of, 164.

Zobeida, wife of Haroun er Raschid, 38, 147.
Zorah, vill. of Manoah, 564; Samson descends
from it to Timnatlı, 566.

Zion described, ploughed as a field, 630, 631;
sites and buildings on, 631, 632; Armenian
convent on, house of Caiaphas on, David's
tomb on, Conaculum, 631; cemeteries on,
632.