Travels In Syria And The Holy Land By John Lewis Burckhardt


























































 -  From hence a wide plain extends to the foot of Djebel Tor; in
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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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