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PHCENICIA AND LEBANON.
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valuable trees.* The range of Lebanon for a hundred miles along the Jird was doubtless
LIMESTONE ROCKS, AJELTUN, LEBANON.
In this district, well named Kesrawan (Broken Region), is a chaos of rugged mountains, which in some places assume grotesque and in others
grand architectural forms. The belfry of the great Convent of Ajeltun is shown in the background.
once covered with cedar forests. We have visited eleven distinct crroves of cedars in
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* H.E. Rustem Pasha, Governor-General of the Lebanon, has surrounded this grove with a well-built stone wall with two strong gates, and
appointed guardians to prevent the ravages of the goats on the young trees, and to compel travellers to pitch their tents outside the enclosure.
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valuable trees.* The range of Lebanon for a hundred miles along the Jird was doubtless
LIMESTONE ROCKS, AJELTUN, LEBANON.
In this district, well named Kesrawan (Broken Region), is a chaos of rugged mountains, which in some places assume grotesque and in others
grand architectural forms. The belfry of the great Convent of Ajeltun is shown in the background.
once covered with cedar forests. We have visited eleven distinct crroves of cedars in
o
* H.E. Rustem Pasha, Governor-General of the Lebanon, has surrounded this grove with a well-built stone wall with two strong gates, and
appointed guardians to prevent the ravages of the goats on the young trees, and to compel travellers to pitch their tents outside the enclosure.