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| Title | Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2 |
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| Publisher | D. Appleton and Company |
| Date | 1883 |
| Description | Index: Phoenicia and Lebanon / by the Rev. H. W. Jessup -- The Phoenician plain / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- Acre, the key of Palestine, Mount Carmel and the river Kishon, Maritime cities and plains of Palestine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Lydda and Ramleh, Philistia / By Lt. Col. Warren -- The south country of Judaea / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- The southern borderland and Dead Sea / by Professor Palmer -- Mount Hor and the cliffs of Edom, The convent of St. Catherine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Sinai / by the Rev. C. P. Clarke -- The land of Goshen, Cairo, Memphis, Thebes, Edfu and Philae / by S. Lane-Poole. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | DS107 .W73 v.2 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1703789~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| Identifier | exotic_201304_015 |
| Title | Page viii |
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| File Name | exotic_201304_015_011.jpg |
| Transcript | VI11 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Bridge over the Nahr el Kasimiyeh (the Leontes) . The Gate of Tyre (Sur) Ruins of the Cathedral Church at Tyre Kabr Hiram The Remains of Tyre Reservoirs of Ras el 'Ain and part of the Roman Aqueduct Aqueduct, Ras el 'Ain Ras el Abyad (White Cape), the Ladder of Tyre Looking towards Tyre from Nakurah . Ras en Nakurah The City of Acre ('Akka) from the north-east The City of Acre from the south . Gate of 'Akka (St. Jean d'Acre) . Ruins of an Aqueduct east of 'Akka General View of 'Akka from the north-east, Carmel in the distance Ablutions after a Mid-day Meal . . . . The Plain of 'Akka from the Slopes of Carmel A Well in a Garden of Haifa .... The Bay of 'Akka from the Slopes of Carmel The Convent of Mount Carmel .... The Grotto known as " The School of the Prophets The Northern Point of Mount Carmel . El Mahrakah, the Place of Elijah's Sacrifice . Well at the Place of Elijah's Sacrifice, and a View from the Heights above it The River Kishon from el Mahrakah The Plains of Esdraelon from the Heights above el Mahrakah, looking towards the south-east The River Kishon Athlit, from the south .... Ruins on the west side of Athlit . View of the Great Sea from Athlit Remains of a Crusading Fort at Tanturah The Castle of Caesarea .... Columns in the Sea, Caesarea Part of the North Wall and Moat of Caesarea Tower of the Castle of Caesarea . Remains of a Fortified Khan at Mukhalid Neby Ben Yamin (Tomb of the Prophet Benjamin) Kefr Saba The Castle of Mirabel . The Nahr el Aujeh from Kul'at Ras el Sacred Tree called Sheikh et Teim The Traditional Tomb of Joshua . Landing at Jaffa .... The Mosque at Jaffa Shittim Tree at Jaffa The Traditional House of Simon the Tanner View of the Rock-encircled Harbour at Jaffa A Roadside Fountain and Tomb Public Fountain at Jaffa Scene in a Jaffa Garden Scene in the Bazaar at Jaffa . Sanctuary of Imam 'Aly Ain PAGE 52 55 56 57 59 60 61 64,65 68 69 72 72 73 75 76 77 80 81 83 84 85 88 89 92 93 96 97 100 101 104 105 108 109 in 112 113 116 117 120 121 124 125 128 129 131 132 133 136 137 138 140 141 The Tower at Ramleh .... Ruins of the Church of St. George at Lurid, the an cient Lydda The Plain of Sharon from the Tower, Ramleh Sur'ah, the ancient Zorah The Ruined Fortress of Latron, from 'Amwas Shrine of Sheikh Samat at Sur'ah (Zorah) 'Ain Shems, the Site of Beth-Shemesh . The Valley of Sorek .... Tibneh, the Site of Timnath . Wady es Sunt, the Valley of Elah Shocoh, the Camp of the Philistines Ploughing in the Plains of Philistia Tell es Safy, the supposed Site of Gath Yabneh, the ancient Jabneh . Eshdud, the ancient Ashdod .... El Mejdel, the ancient Migdol Ruins of Ascalon, from the north-east . Ruins of Ascalon, from the south-west . Ruins of Ascalon, from the north . Ghuzzeh, the ancient Gaza .... A Well in the Plain of Philistia . The Castle of Beit Jibrin by starlight . Subterranean Labyrinth of Tell Sandannah (Beit Jibrin) The Valley of Beit Jibrin . The Church of St. Anne, Beit Jibrin The Valley of Berachah The Wilderness of Judaea Teku'a, the Site of Tekoa Ramet el Khulil, the Site of Mamre Wady el Tuffah, commonly called the Vale of Eschol Abraham's Oak, Hebron .... The Pools of Hebron Ruined Wely, Hebron The Dead Sea, looking north-east from Engedi The Mountains of Moab from Engedi . Engedi, the Fountain of the Kid ('Ain Jidy) The Southern End of the Dead Sea from Engedi The Cliffs of Engedi The Wilderness of Engedi . Bir es Seba', the Site of Beersheba 'Ain el Weibeh, on the Border of Edom Rock-cut Tomb or Temple, Petra Detached Tombs, Petra The Rock-hewn Amphitheatre, Petra Mount Hor . Rock-cut Tombs, Petra Cliffs of the Sik, Petra . The Deir, Petra .... Jezirat Far'on, the Isle of Pharaoh Letter of Admission to the Convent of St. Catherine A Peep into one of the Courts of the Convent The Upper Chambers of the Convent . View from the North-eastern Galleries . Interior of the Church of the Convent of St. Catherine PAGE '44 '45 14* ■49 152 '53 «5S 155 156 i57 159 160 161 162 165 167 169 172 ■73 175 176 '77 J 79 180 181 184 i*5 188 189 192 193 196 i97 200 201 203 204 205 208 209 210 212 213 216 217 218 219 221 224 225 228 229 232 233 |