Underground Jerusalem: An Account of Some of the Principal Difficulties Encountered in Its Exploration and the Results Obtained, With a Narrative of an Expedition Through the Jordan Valley and a Vi...

Excerpt from Underground Jerusalem: An Account of Some of the Principal Difficulties Encountered in Its Exploration and the Results Obtained, With a Narrative of an Expedition Through the Jordan Valley and a Visit to the Samaritans

A false alarm - Hide-and-seek - The cultivation of the Ghen Difference in reports caused by changes of weather - Flocks and pasturage - The Gawarineh The Upper and Lower Plains -rainfall - An adventure - A plague of earwigs - Abusive Bedouin - Es Sumrah - Sultan and his blood feud - Changes in the names of the wadies - Taiyibeh - Excavations at the camp of Es Sumrah - Discovery, and sudden fading of frescoes Cedar - wood roof, now at South Kensington - The reputed tomb of Moses according to Moslem tradition - Contest of opinion concerning the position of Pisgah - Ancient convent at Neby Musa - Return to J erusalem - Desposition of Izzet Pacha - A lapse of three months - The author settles permanently at Jerusalem.

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