From Hence A Wide Plain Extends To The Foot Of Djebel Tor; In
Crossing It, We Saw On Our Right, About Three Quarters Of An Hour From
The Road, The Village Louby (Arabic), And A Little Farther On, The
Village Shedjare (Arabic).
The plain was covered with the wild
artichoke, called Khob (Arabic); it bears a thorny violet coloured
flower, in the
Shape of an artichoke, upon a stem five feet in height.
In three hours and a quarter, we arrived at the Khan of Djebel Tor
(Arabic), a large ruinous building, inhabited by a few families. On the
opposite side of the road is a half ruined fort. A large fair is held
here every Monday. Though the Khan is at no great distance from the foot
of Mount Tabor, the people could not inform us whether or not the Mount
was inhabited at present; nor were they hospitable enough either to lend
or sell us the little provision we might want, should there be no
inhabitants. At a quarter of an hour from the Khan is a fine spring,
where we found an encampment of Bedouins of the tribe of Szefeyh
(Arabic), whose principal riches consist in cows. My guide went astray
in the valleys which surround the lower parts of Djebel Tor, and we were
nearly three hours, from our departure from the Khan, in reaching the
top of the Mount.
Mount Tabor is almost insulated, and overtops all the neighbouring
summits. On its south and west sides extends a large
[p.334] plain, known by the name of Merdj Ibn Aamer (Arabic), the Plain
of Esdrelon of the Scriptures.
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