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ACRE, THE KEY OF PALESTINE.
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in America and can speak English. They numbered in 1877 about three hundred and
fifty individuals. Their village consists of a long straight street running up from the sea
to the foot of the hills. Two parallel streets have been laid out. The houses, some of
which have sloping red-tiled roofs, are built of white limestone, or of reddish grit, quarried
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THE RIVER KISHON.
As it appears after the rainy season, where it flows through the narrow pass called Wady el Kasab (Valley of Reeds), which leads from the great
plain of Esdraelon to the plain of 'Akka. Oleanders flourish here, and many small birds build their nests.
in the mountains close by. Each dwelling-house stands in its own garden, and has a well and
a cistern for rain-water. The street is planted with an avenue of mulberry, sycamore, and
other trees, and the hill just above it has been newly terraced and planted with vines by the
colonists. (It can be traced in the distance in the steel plate, " Mount Carmel.") They
97
in America and can speak English. They numbered in 1877 about three hundred and
fifty individuals. Their village consists of a long straight street running up from the sea
to the foot of the hills. Two parallel streets have been laid out. The houses, some of
which have sloping red-tiled roofs, are built of white limestone, or of reddish grit, quarried
MIIIIIHIIiOllllllllM
THE RIVER KISHON.
As it appears after the rainy season, where it flows through the narrow pass called Wady el Kasab (Valley of Reeds), which leads from the great
plain of Esdraelon to the plain of 'Akka. Oleanders flourish here, and many small birds build their nests.
in the mountains close by. Each dwelling-house stands in its own garden, and has a well and
a cistern for rain-water. The street is planted with an avenue of mulberry, sycamore, and
other trees, and the hill just above it has been newly terraced and planted with vines by the
colonists. (It can be traced in the distance in the steel plate, " Mount Carmel.") They