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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
are found in all situations— ;
crowning hills and mountain-
tops, or secluded in valleys
and deep gorges. The
founders and worshippers have
disappeared for unknown ages."
Whether those who built them
looked up to Hermon with special
feelings of reverence cannot now be
proved ; still the supposition does
not seem improbable. " Mount
Baal-Hermon" may have had a
significance that cannot be appre-
ciated or even fully understood from
any historical records that we now
possess. It has been found that in
many cases, if not in all, the entrances
of these temples were towards the
east. We state this as a matter of
fact, without any attempt to explain
its import.
That at Hebbariyeh we have
already visited (see page 366). Less
than three hours south-east of
THE CASTLE OF RASHEIYA.
The scene of a terrible massacre of Christians on June 4th, i860.
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
are found in all situations— ;
crowning hills and mountain-
tops, or secluded in valleys
and deep gorges. The
founders and worshippers have
disappeared for unknown ages."
Whether those who built them
looked up to Hermon with special
feelings of reverence cannot now be
proved ; still the supposition does
not seem improbable. " Mount
Baal-Hermon" may have had a
significance that cannot be appre-
ciated or even fully understood from
any historical records that we now
possess. It has been found that in
many cases, if not in all, the entrances
of these temples were towards the
east. We state this as a matter of
fact, without any attempt to explain
its import.
That at Hebbariyeh we have
already visited (see page 366). Less
than three hours south-east of
THE CASTLE OF RASHEIYA.
The scene of a terrible massacre of Christians on June 4th, i860.