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VALLEY OF AJALON.
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much encroached on the ancient cultivation. The lentisk or mastic—akin to the pistachio
and to the terebinth—forms thickets of low brushwood, dark green in colour, with a gummy
leaf, which gives it in Arabic the name 'Alaka, or the "sticking" plant. One of the three
VIEW FROM THE RUINS OF THE MEDIAEVAL FORTRESS AT LATRON,
Looking westward, towards the Mediterranean Sea ; the watch-towers on the road to Jaffa are plainly shown.
species of Syrian oak also grows as a bush, and the hawthorn, the cornel, the arbutus, and
the myrtle are found in the copse. Here and there a solitary oak of great size is seen hung
with rags as votive offerings, and each of these trees has a well-known name. The Valley of
Elah is still dotted with dark and heavy-looking terebinths, from which its ancient name was
VALLEY OF AJALON, FROM THE WEST,
Looking across the broad corn-fields to Mizpeh and the more distant mountains in the Valley of the Jordan.
derived. The Forest of Hareth is still represented by the thickets round the modern village
of Kharas. The neighbourhood of Kirjath Jearim, the "town of woods," is still remarkable
for its tangled thickets ; and scattered pines along the higher ridges south of Halhul represent
'95
much encroached on the ancient cultivation. The lentisk or mastic—akin to the pistachio
and to the terebinth—forms thickets of low brushwood, dark green in colour, with a gummy
leaf, which gives it in Arabic the name 'Alaka, or the "sticking" plant. One of the three
VIEW FROM THE RUINS OF THE MEDIAEVAL FORTRESS AT LATRON,
Looking westward, towards the Mediterranean Sea ; the watch-towers on the road to Jaffa are plainly shown.
species of Syrian oak also grows as a bush, and the hawthorn, the cornel, the arbutus, and
the myrtle are found in the copse. Here and there a solitary oak of great size is seen hung
with rags as votive offerings, and each of these trees has a well-known name. The Valley of
Elah is still dotted with dark and heavy-looking terebinths, from which its ancient name was
VALLEY OF AJALON, FROM THE WEST,
Looking across the broad corn-fields to Mizpeh and the more distant mountains in the Valley of the Jordan.
derived. The Forest of Hareth is still represented by the thickets round the modern village
of Kharas. The neighbourhood of Kirjath Jearim, the "town of woods," is still remarkable
for its tangled thickets ; and scattered pines along the higher ridges south of Halhul represent