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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
the south-west and ride on by Neb'a el Hadid (Iron Fountain) and around the edge of the
ridge, returning eastward through the wheat-fields above
Fareiya to the Neb'a el 'Asal, or fountain of honey, the
northern source of the Nahr el Kelb. It rises amidst a
mass of boulders, angular masses of rock, and loose stones,
in a recess of the north-west slope of the Stinnin range,
and the crystal water runs westward amid its
stony banks with not a tree or shrub to shade
it. In winter it is buried under snowdrifts and
is inaccessible. The Arabs say, " the fountains
of milk and honey run into the
Dog's mouth." We now pass on
from the hone}' fountain to the fountain of milk. A
half-hour's ride to the west brings us to the Jisr el
Hajr, the largest natural bridge in Syria, under which
flow the waters of the Neb'a el Lebban (Fountain of
Milk) (see pages 20 and 23). One might cross it with-
out being awrare of its existence, its surface being on a
BEIRUT. FROM JAITA,
A beautifully situated village north of the Dog River (Nahr leVel with the fielcls 011 b°th sideS' Bllt & glaI1Ce
el Kelb), on the heights above the gorge. In the distance, - 1 , ,
beyond St. George's Bay, the sandy promontory of Suffices tO reveal the great chasm OI the SOllth branch
Beirut appears.
of the Dog River, flowing from Neb'a el Lebban,
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
the south-west and ride on by Neb'a el Hadid (Iron Fountain) and around the edge of the
ridge, returning eastward through the wheat-fields above
Fareiya to the Neb'a el 'Asal, or fountain of honey, the
northern source of the Nahr el Kelb. It rises amidst a
mass of boulders, angular masses of rock, and loose stones,
in a recess of the north-west slope of the Stinnin range,
and the crystal water runs westward amid its
stony banks with not a tree or shrub to shade
it. In winter it is buried under snowdrifts and
is inaccessible. The Arabs say, " the fountains
of milk and honey run into the
Dog's mouth." We now pass on
from the hone}' fountain to the fountain of milk. A
half-hour's ride to the west brings us to the Jisr el
Hajr, the largest natural bridge in Syria, under which
flow the waters of the Neb'a el Lebban (Fountain of
Milk) (see pages 20 and 23). One might cross it with-
out being awrare of its existence, its surface being on a
BEIRUT. FROM JAITA,
A beautifully situated village north of the Dog River (Nahr leVel with the fielcls 011 b°th sideS' Bllt & glaI1Ce
el Kelb), on the heights above the gorge. In the distance, - 1 , ,
beyond St. George's Bay, the sandy promontory of Suffices tO reveal the great chasm OI the SOllth branch
Beirut appears.
of the Dog River, flowing from Neb'a el Lebban,