From Dan to Beersheba A Description of the Wonderful Land, with Maps and Engravings and a Prologue by the Author Containing the Latest Explorations and Discoveries

CHAPTER I.

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The two Boundaries.――The parallel Mountains. ―― The great Valley. ―― Inspired Eulogies. ―― Sterile Soil. ―― Gibbon Comparison. ―― Natural and miraculous Causes of present Sterility. ―― Testimonies of pagan Authors on the ancient Productions of Palestine. ―― Land coveted by the great Nations of Antiquity. ―― A Land of Ruins. ―― Present Fertility and Fruits. ―― Richness of the North. ―― Volney on the Variety of the Climate of Palestine. ―― Beauties of Spring in the Promised Land. ―― Flowers. ―― Magnificent Scenery. ―― Standard of Landscape Beauty. ―― Palestine is a World in Miniature. ―― Illustrations. ―― Prophetical Descriptions of the twelve Tribeships. ―― Wonderful Correspondence.