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MARITIME CITIES OF PALESTINE.
Tradition says that the Nahr ez Zerka crocodiles
were brought into the country by Egyptian colonists at
a very early period : the Arabs of the district, however,
relate the following fable, which professes to give a
THE TRADITIONAL TOMB OF JOSHUA,
In the rock cemetery at Tibneh. In the niches in its walls pil-
grims placed lighted lamps, and their great number indicates
that it was a highly revered shrine.
circumstantial account of their first intro-
duction into the river :—
^'^^^^W^HBIl-^K UT^Jt- i '.•!§/' "In ancient times an old man and his
' -^V J: '•'W^j^i^' • two sons dwelt upon the banks of the Nahr
'"V >\' i^Pifl/ W ez Zerka, and they fed their flocks in the
' ^^Mf'i' < ''''; - npfN ' green pastures of the plain. And the old
>?W ■ : ' x man died, leaving to his two sons his
I • \\\\C \ip W
hidden treasure and his flocks and herds.
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Tradition says that the Nahr ez Zerka crocodiles
were brought into the country by Egyptian colonists at
a very early period : the Arabs of the district, however,
relate the following fable, which professes to give a
THE TRADITIONAL TOMB OF JOSHUA,
In the rock cemetery at Tibneh. In the niches in its walls pil-
grims placed lighted lamps, and their great number indicates
that it was a highly revered shrine.
circumstantial account of their first intro-
duction into the river :—
^'^^^^W^HBIl-^K UT^Jt- i '.•!§/' "In ancient times an old man and his
' -^V J: '•'W^j^i^' • two sons dwelt upon the banks of the Nahr
'"V >\' i^Pifl/ W ez Zerka, and they fed their flocks in the
' ^^Mf'i' < ''''; - npfN ' green pastures of the plain. And the old
>?W ■ : ' x man died, leaving to his two sons his
I • \\\\C \ip W
hidden treasure and his flocks and herds.
78