![]() ![]() The little township of Bashan was once the kingdom so famous in Scripture for its bulls and its oaks. ![]() They were all in sight but the last, and it was not far away. ![]() We were only one little hour’s travel within the borders of Holy Land - we had hardly begun to appreciate yet that we were standing upon any different sort of earth than that we had always been used to, and see how the historic names began already to cluster! Dan - Bashan - Lake Huleh - the Sources of Jordan - the Sea of Galilee. Its banks, and those of the brook are respectably adorned with blooming oleanders, but the unutterable beauty of the spot will not throw a well-balanced man into convulsions, as the Syrian books of travel would lead one to suppose.įrom the spot I am speaking of, a cannon-ball would carry beyond the confines of Holy Land and light upon profane ground three miles away. ![]() This puddle is an important source of the Jordan. The Innocents Abroad: Table of Contents| The Name Palestine| Partition PlanĬhapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 61 Chapter 46Ībout an hour’s ride over a rough, rocky road, half flooded with water, and through a forest of oaks of Bashan, brought us to Dan.įrom a little mound here in the plain issues a broad stream of limpid water and forms a large shallow pool, and then rushes furiously onward, augmented in volume. ![]()
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