Mount Seir, Sinai and Western Palestine/Index

by Edward Hull

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INDEX TO NAMES.

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A.

• "Abraham's Wells," 137.
• Abu Suweirah, 37.
• Acacia, the, 113.
• Aceldama, marble cliffs of, 169.
• Acomys dimidiatus, 132.
• 'Ain Abu Bewireh, 181.
• 'Ain„ Abu Werideh, 99, 212.
• 'Ain„ el Akhdar, 55, 203.
• 'Ain„ el Ghudyan, 82, 208.
• 'Ain„ el Melh, 118.
• 'Ain„ el Weibeh, 188.
• 'Ain„ es Sultan, 161.
• 'Ain„ Gharandel, 209.
• 'Ain„ Huderah, 58.
• 'Ain„ Jidi, 101, 128.
• 'Ain„ Kadeis, 188.
• Ajalon, Valley of, 150.
• Ajrûd (Pi-hahiroth), 186.
• Akabah, 71, 178, 179, 207.
• Alowin tribe of Arabs, 79, 106, 120.
• Ammoperdix Heyi, 62.
• Anastatica hierochimdica, 48.
• Anemone (A. coronaria), 141.
• Arabia Petræa, sandstone of, 92.
• Asdûd (Ashdod), 146.
• Atbara, the, 16.
• Ayun Mûsa, 30.
• Azazimeh Arabs, 142, 215.

B.

• Bab-el-Wâdy, 173.
• Bahera-el-Harriah, 46.
• Bahr-el-Azrek, the, 16.
• Babr Lut, El, 1, 97.
• Baker, Sir S., 16.
• Balanites Ægiyptiaca, 112.
• Barbey, M., quoted, 178.
• Bauerman, Mr., quoted, 30, 41, 179, 181.
• Bedawins, character of, 120.
• Beke, Dr., quoted, 57.
• Bethany, 172.
• Bethlehem, 157.
• Beyrût, 175.
• Bir es Saura, 206.
• Bir„ es Sebâ, (Beersheba), 118, 136, 138.
• Bitter Lakes, 186.
• Brindisi, flora of, 8.
• Burckhardt, Mr., 75.

C.

• Cairo, museum of, 23.
• Calotropis procera, 112.
• Calvary, site of, 190.
• Capra bede, 53.
• Chateaubriand, M., 108.
• Cherith Valley, 162.
• Citrullus Colocynthus, 34, 42.
• Clypeasters, 22.
• Conder, Capt., quoted, 138, 146, 151, 158, 160, 173, 190.
• Coney, the, 53.
• Cretaceous period, 184.

D.

• "Dabour" Arabs, 64.
• David, Well of, 157.
• Dawson. Prof. Sir J. W., 180.
• Dead Sea (see Salt Sea).
• Debbet er Ramleh, 62, 179.
• Desert melon, 33, 42.
• Desert„ partridges, 62.
• Desert„ sandstone, 30, 40, 179.
• Dhana, 213.
• Doum palm, 71.
• Drake, Mr., quoted, 106.

 

E.

• Eagles, 42, 80.
• Ed Debbeh, 213.
• Ed Deffieh, 208.
• Edom, mountains of, 85, 95, 179.
• El Ain, gorge of, 59.
• El Aksa, church of, 172.
• El Watiyeh, gorge of, 50, 55.
• Elath (Akabah), 71.
• Elijah's Cave, 53.
• Elim, 36.
• El Khudra, 219.
• Elwi 'l' Ajramiyeh, plain of, 55.
• Engedi, 101.
• Er Riha, 166.
• Es Safieh, 81, 101, 129, 180, 217.
• Etheridge, Mr., quoted, 154.
• Et Tâbâ, 208.
• Eusebius, quoted, 166.
• Ezion Geber, 58, 71.

F.

• Fault, line of Jordan Valley and Akabah, 76, 179, 182, 183.
• Fault„ of Wâdy el Musry, 66.
• Fellahin, 116, 139.
• Finches, 112.
• Fisher, Mr. T., quoted, 183.
• Fraas, Dr., geological map, 154, 178, 181.

G.

• Gaza, 142.
• Gazelles, 79, 142.
• Gethsemane, Garden of, 172.
• Ghawarneh, tribe of, 102, 112, 215.
• Ghôr, the, 97, 182.
• Gilead, Land of, 172.
• Gilgal, gardens of, 161.
• Glacial epoch, 183.
• Gomorrah, 165.
• Gordon, General, quoted, 173, 192.
• Granite of Sinaitic peninsula, 45.
• Great Bitter Lake, the, 36.
• Greek convent, 161.
• Green, Captain, 23.
• Greene, Mr. B., on Mount Sinai, 187.
• Gulf of Akabah, 72.
• Gulf of„ Suez, 27, 28.
• Gyps fulvus, 91.

H.

• Haiwatats, tribe of, 113, 123.
• Haj road, 66, 207.
• Hammân Faroûn, 36.
• Hauran, extinct volcanoes of, 183.
• Hâwatha, tribe of Arabs, 102, 110.
• Hayne, Mr. W. A., the late, 104.
• Hazeroth, 58.
• Hedenborg, Dr., quoted, 148.
• Hezekiah, 171.
• Hinnom, Valley of, 169, 172.
• Hippurites liratus, 169.
• Holland, Rev. F. W., quoted, 50, 82, 120, 182, 188.
• Hooker, Sir J. D., quoted, 48, 182, 184.
• Hor, Mount, 81, 86, 180. 188, 190.
• Hûleh, Lake of, 183.
• Hyphœne Thebaica (doum palm), 71.
• Hyrax Syriacus, 53.

I.

• Ibex, the, 53, 79, 121.

J.

• Jaffa, 147.
• Jâhâlin, tribe of Arabs, 137.
• Jaulan Volcano, 183.
• Jebel Attâkah, 27.
• Jebel„ Attarus, 104, 17l.
• Jebel„ Bisher, 201.
• Jebel„ el Ain, 57.
• Jebel„ el Aradeh, 60, 206.
• Jebel„ el Berg, 56.
• Jebel„ el Gebal, 47.
• Jebel„ el Malah, 42.
• Jebel„ el Nur, 81.
• Jebel„ el Watiyeh, 50, 55, 101.
• Jebel„ el Zerf, 55.
• Jebel„ Emreikeh, 41.
• Jebel„ es Somrah, 114, 117, 180.
• Jebel„ Fureidîs (Herodium), 158.
• Jebel„ Hammân, 36.
• Jebel„ Haroun (Mount Hor), 81, 86, 180, 188, 190, 211.
• Jebel„ Karantul, 161, 162.
• Jebel„ Katarina, 48, 53, 187.
• Jebel„ Madurah, 82.
• Jebel„ Magrah, 82.
• Jebel„ Mûsa (Horeb or Sinai), 31, 48, 51, 179, 186.
• Jebel„ Nachaleagh, 81, 83.
• Jebel„ Salamah, 103.
• Jebel„ Serbal, 47.
• Jebel„ Sufsàfeh, 48.
• Jebel„ Umm Kâmel, 80.
• Jebel„ Umm„ Shomer, 48.
• Jebel„ Usdum, 109, 118, 129, 162, 18-1, 217.
• Jebel„ Wûtah, 37, 41.
• Jebel„ Zebir, 48.
• Jebel„ Zibbeyagh, 81, 83.
• Jehoshaphat, Valley of, 172.
• Jeib, E., 101, 108, 213.
• Jerboa, 33, 44, 164.
• Jeremiah, grotto of, 172, 192.
• Jericho, 161.
• Jerusalem, geological structure of, 152, 158.
• Jordan, Plain of, 160.
• Jordan„ Valley Canal, 86.
• Judæa, hills of, 97.

K.

• Kadesh Barae, 82, 188.
• Kedron, R., 167, 168.
• Kelt, R., 161.
• Kerah, Sheikh of, 110.
• Khasa el Hassa, 119.
• Khashm Jebel Usdum, 109, 129, &c.
• Khefeyeh, the, 120.
• Khureitûn (Cave of Adullam), 158.
• Kûlonieh (Emmaus), 150.

L.

• Laborde, M., quoted, 55, 75, 83, 93.
• Lakes, Ancient, 37, 49, 181.
• Lartet, M., quoted, 2, 87, 101, 129, 131, 139, 140, 148, 178, 180.
• Law, giving of the, 186.
• Lebanon, Mount, 175.
• Lebrusch, ruins of, 121, 216.
• Lepers, 149.
• Lily of the field, 141.
• Limestone of Wâdy Nasb, 41, 179.
• Lindsay, Lord, 75.
• Lisan promontory, 108, 117.
• Lokandel el Motram, 176.
• Luynes, Duc de, expedition of, 2, 75.
• Lydda (Lud), 149.
• Lymuœa truncatula, 181.

M.

• Macdonald, Major, 43.
• Majedy coin, 89.
• Mandragora officinalis (Mandrake), 141.
• Mar Saba, 165, 167.
• Maundrell, Mr., quoted, 108.
• Medjet (Migdol Gad), 146.
• Mehemet Ali, mosque of, 21.
• Melanopsis prœrosa, 162, 181.
• Melanopsis„ Saulcyi, 100, 162.
• Melania tuberculata, 100, 181.
• Mesurier, Mr. Le, 12.
• Miocene period, 182.
• Moab, Mountains of, 171, 179.
• Mokattam Hills, 21, 182.
• Morina aptera, 112.
• Moses’ Well, 28.
• Moimt Hor (see Jebel Haroun).
• Muhauwat, River, 133.

N.

• Nabatheans, the, 86.
• Nagb es Salni, 179.
• Nagb„ Pass, 93.
• Nâwamis, 121, 204, 216.
• Nebi Mûsa, 165, 166.
• Niebuhr, M., quoted, 43, 53.
• Nile, Delta of, 15.
• Nile,„ oscillations of, 23.
• Nubian sandstone, 31, 81, 179
• Nummulitic limestone, 184, e. passim.

O.

• Oleander tree, the, 112.
• Olive trees, 146, 157.
• Olives, Mount of, 172.
• Omar, Mosque of, 172.
• Osher tree, the, 112,

P.

• Palm. Arab culture of the, 15, 38.
• Palmer, Prof., death of, 2, 25, 33, 200.
• Palmer,„ Prof.,„ quoted, 187.
• Paran, Wilderness of, 135.
• Petra, 85, 179, 211.
• Philistia, 145.
• Phœnix dactylifera (date palm), 38, 71, &c.
• Pholades, 22.
• Pi-hahiroth, 185.
• Pilgrims, 73.
• Pisidium, 181.
• Plain, cities of the, 118, 165.
• Pliocene period, submergence during, 186.
• Ploughing with camels, 139.
• Pluvial period, evidences for, 182.
• Pococke, Mr., 52.
• Pompey's Pillar, 14.
• Post, Dr. Gr. E., explorations of, 38, 181.
• Pyramids, 16.

R.

• Raised Sea Bed, Akabah, 78, 181.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Salt Sea, 132, 180.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Suez, 33.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Wâdy es Sheriâh, 140.
• Ramleh, 148, 173.
• Rás Sufsàfeh, 51, 187,
• Red Sea, former extent of, 37.
• Red Sea,„ passage of the Israelites, 185.
• Retama rœtem, 112.
• Ring-dove, the, 112.
• Robinson, Dr., 75, 106, 134.
• Rock salt, mountain of, see J. Usdum.
• Rolands, Rev. J., quoted, 188.
• Rose of Jericho, 48.
• Roziere, 31.
• Russeger, M., 178.

S.

• Salt Sea, 1, 97, 178, 180, 182, 216, 217.
• Salvadora Persica, 112.
• Samrat Fiddân mountain, 100, 183, 212.
• Sand hills in Philistia, 145.
• Sand„ lizard, 66.
• Santolina fragrantissima, 48.
• Schweinfurth, Dr., quoted, 21, 22, 182.
• Serabit el Jemel, 38.
• Serabit el„ Khadim, 42, 201.
• Serbal, 41.
• Seyal Acacia, 112.
• Sharks, 72.
• Sheikh Ali, 67.
• Sheikh„ Arari, 87, 110, 126, 214.
• Sheikh„ Hamzi, 127.
• Sheikh„ Ibn Mudjelli, 116, 128.
• Sheikh„ Mohammed Ibn Jhad, 07.
• Sheikh„ Seyd, 115.
• Sinai, mountains of, 31, 48, 52, 17, 187.
• Sinaitic peninsula, flora of, 47.
• Smyth, Prof. Piazzi, 19, 21.
• Snails (Helix Seetzeni), 135.
• Sodom, 165.
• Sodom,„ apples of, 112.
• Solanum Sodomœum, 112, 165.
• Solomon, Gardens of, 156.
• Solomon,„ Pools of, 155.
• Sphinx, 20.
• Sphinx„ Temple of, 20.
• St. Catherine, Convent of, 52.
• Stanley, Dean, the late, 52, 75.
• Suez Canal, silting up of, 12.
• Sugar, cultivation of, 163.
• Sultan's Spring, 161.
• Sweetwater Canal, 26.
• Syene, granite of, 20.

T.

• Taset Bisher mountain, 32.
• Tel Abu Hareireh, 139, 218.
• Tel-el-Fara, 219.
• Tel-el-„Kebir, 26.
• Tel-el-„Milh (Moladah), 136, 218.
• Terabîn Arabs, 215.
• Terraces of Ain Abu Beweireh, 99, 180.
• Terraces of„ the Jordan, 162.
• Tertiary period, 184.
• Tides, rise and fall of, 72.
• Tîh, escarpment of, 28, 62, 178.
• Towâra, tribe of Arabs, 25, 65.
• Tristram, Dr., quoted, 53, 100. 129, 134, 137, 155, 162, 167, 178, 182.
• Trumbull, Dr., quoted, 82, 188.
• Turf-er-Rukn, 65, 206.
• Turquoise mines, 43.
• Turtur risorius, 112.

V.

• Vignes, M., 75, 83, 178.
• Vine of Sodom, 42.
• Vulture, 32, 91.

 

W.

• Wady Abu Kuseibeh, 84.
• Wâdy„ Aiu Hawareh, 181.
• Wâdy„ Amarah, 37, 181.
• Wâdy„ Beijaneh, 209.
• Wâdy„ Berk, 45.
• Wâdy„ Berrah, 45, 48.
• Wâdy„ Biyar. 40, 56, 179, 204.
• Wâdy„ Butachy, 107.
• Wâdy„ Dalaghah, 81.
• Wâdy„ el-Ain, 40, 56, 58, 206.
• Wâdy„ el Arabah, 65, 75, 84, 104, 178, 179
• Wâdy„ el Deir, 51.
• Wâdy„ el Hessi, 114, 179.
• Wâdy„ el Huderali, 58.
• Wâdy„ el Jeib, 101, 212.
• Wâdy„ el Khiass, 65.
• Wâdy„ el Kueiserah, 165, 167.
• Wâdy„ el Tihyeh, 61.
• Wâdy„ en Nar (Valley of the Kedron), 152.
• Wâdy„ er Eahali, 187.
• Wâdy„ es Sheikh, 49, 51, 54, 187.
• Wâdy„ es Sheriah, 140.
• Wâdy„ es Sidr, geological structure of, 159.
• Wâdy„ Fara, 219.
• Wâdy„ Fieran, 181.
• Wâdy„ Galaita, 209.
• Wâdy„ Garaiyeh, 82.
• Wâdy„ Gharandel, 32, 36, 81, 83, 181, 209.
• Wâdy„ Ghuweir, 213.
• Wâdy„ Groweisah, 181.
• Wâdy„ Hamr, 37, 39, 181, 201.
• Wâdy„ Haroun, 84, 87.
• Wâdy„ Hessy, 206.
• Wâdy„ Jerafeh, 207.
• Wâdy„ Jorif Guzel, 165.
• Wâdy„ Kadeis, 189.
• Wâdy„ Kaniileh, 43.
• Wâdy„ Kelt ("Brook Cboritli"), 160.
• Wâdy„ Kuseibeh, 99, 166.
• Wâdy„ Lebweh, 45, 46.
• Wâdy„ Manci'aich, 208.
• Wâdy„ Mugrah, 56.
• Wâdy„ Muhawat, 132, 133.
• Wâdy„ Mukalik, 166.
• Wâdy„ Musa, 81, 94, 179.
• Wâdy„ Nasb, 41, 201.
• Wâdy„ Nasb limestone, 179.
• Wâdy„ Rahabi (Valley of Hinnom), 162.
• Wâdy„ Redadi, 79.
• Wâdy„ Saal, 38, 58.
• Wâdy„ Salmoodh, 114.
• Wâdy„ Shiah, 207.
• Wâdy„ Sh'reich, 51, 187.
• Wâdy„ Sitti Mariam (Valley of Jehoshaphat), 152.
• Wâdy„ Sudur, 33.
• Wâdy„ Suleiman, 150.
• Wâdy„ Suweireh, 101, 102, 133.
• Wâdy„ Suwig, 41.
• Wâdy„ Solaf, 181.
• Wâdy„ T'lah, 106.
• Wâdy„ Useit, 37.
• Wâdy„ Utiah, 213.
• Wâdy„ Wardan, 37.
• Wâdy„ Wativeh, 49, 181.
• Wâdy„ Weibeh, 102, 213.
• Wâdy„ Zelcgah, 40, 55, 179, 203, 204.
• Wâdy„ Zerka Main, 172.
• Wailing place of Jews, 154.
• Watershed of the Wady el Arabah, 85.
• Western Palestine; Topograplical Surver, 1.
• Wilson, Col. Sir C. W., 1, 30, 41, 154, 179, 186.
• Wilson, Dr., 75.

Y.

• Yam Suf, 36.
• Yazftr, 147.
• Yebna (Jabnecl), 116.

Z.

• Zagazig, 26.
• Zin, Wilderness of, 75.
• Zizyphus, 112, 114.
• Zygophyllum, 46, 48.