Wilson, Charles W. [Editor]; Fenn, Harry [Ill.]: Picturesque Palestine: Sinai and Egypt ; in 2 volumes (Band 1) (New York, 1881)

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the road broken awaj' by the
force of the river, the moun-
tain being cut through, by
Julius Verus, the Legate of
Syria, at the cost (impendus)
of the Abilenians." The
modern Turkish pashas make
roads in the same way, by
impressing the labour of the
people in the most arbitrary
and oppressive manner.

On a hio-h cliff south of
the village of Suk is the
Wely or Kabr Habil, the
reputed tomb of Abel. The
Muslim tradition has it that
Cain, after carrying about
the corpse of his brother
Abel for one hundred years,
at last laid it down on this
hill. It is now one of the
sacred shrines to which the
Muslims make reverent pil-
erimaofes. The length of
Abel's tomb is nine yards,
and it is plainly a part of an
old wall, which can still be
traced for twice that length.
Near it are the ruins of a
small temple of hewn stone,
forty-five feet long and
twenty-seven feet broad.
There are three sarcophagi
in a vault under the eastern
end. The district around was
called Abilene, and is men-
tioned by St. Luke (hi. i),
who says that John the Bap-
tist began preaching " in the
58 .

WATERFALL OF THE UPPER BARADA, NEAR ZEBEDANY.

Here the stream is augmented by the outfall of Wady el Kurn.