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BRIDGE OVER THE LITANY.
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the river below. From the edge of this precipice the stream appears like a mass of foam ;
but the distance is so great that the noise of it is somewhat subdued, although we know that it
the Nahr Leddan, which we cross by a Roman bridge, the
scenery is romantic and the mountains are sublime (see page 362) ; but to enjoy the wildest part
of the Litany one must descend six hundred feet between its chasm-walls to the famous natural
bridge called El Kuweh or Jisr Burghuz (see page 372), which spans both river and gorge
37i
the river below. From the edge of this precipice the stream appears like a mass of foam ;
but the distance is so great that the noise of it is somewhat subdued, although we know that it
the Nahr Leddan, which we cross by a Roman bridge, the
scenery is romantic and the mountains are sublime (see page 362) ; but to enjoy the wildest part
of the Litany one must descend six hundred feet between its chasm-walls to the famous natural
bridge called El Kuweh or Jisr Burghuz (see page 372), which spans both river and gorge