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- 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.