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BKIHIOM
THE SOUTH COUNTRY
OF JUM)A.
" ' I 'HE entering in" of the Land of Promise
■*~ from the south is as featureless and un-
picturesque as " the entering in of Hamath " from
the north. Yet to every traveller from Egypt,
the first glimpse of " the south land " as it melts
into the Philistian plain must indeed be welcome
and refreshing. We have called it " the entering
iff ■ ~ iliBi
EL MEJDEL, THE ANCIENT MIGDOL.
An important village of fifteen hundred inhabitants. Its mosque and tall minaret are constructed of ancient materials. A weekly fair is held here.
THE SOUTH COUNTRY
OF JUM)A.
" ' I 'HE entering in" of the Land of Promise
■*~ from the south is as featureless and un-
picturesque as " the entering in of Hamath " from
the north. Yet to every traveller from Egypt,
the first glimpse of " the south land " as it melts
into the Philistian plain must indeed be welcome
and refreshing. We have called it " the entering
iff ■ ~ iliBi
EL MEJDEL, THE ANCIENT MIGDOL.
An important village of fifteen hundred inhabitants. Its mosque and tall minaret are constructed of ancient materials. A weekly fair is held here.