Forms the boundary between the districts; called El Koura and
El Wostye.
On the west side of the river, to the north of Bysan, are the following
ruined places in the Ghor: beginning at the lake, Faszayl (Arabic), El
Odja (Arabic), Ayn Sultan (Arabic). Near where we crossed, to the south,
are the ruins of Sukkot (Arabic). On the western banks of the river,
farther south than Ayn Sultan, which is about one hour distant from
Bysan, there are no ruins, as far as Rieha, or Jericho, the yalley in
that direction being full of rocks, and little susceptible of
cultivation.].
[p.345] The river, where we passed it, was about eighty paces broad, and
about three feet deep; this, it must be recollected, was in the midst of
summer. In the winter it inundates the plain in the bottom of the narrow
valley, but never rises to the level of the upper plain of the Ghor,
which is at least forty feet above the level of the river. The river is
fordable in many places during summer, but the few spots where it may be
crossed in the rainy season are known only to the Arabs.
After passing the river we continued our route close to the foot of the
eastern mountain.
