Hävernick, on Dan, 400.
Havoth-Jair, 327, 527. See Chavvah.
Hazar-susim (Village of Horses), 160.
Hazazon-tamar (Felling of Palm), i.e.
Engedi, 144, 295.

Hazer (Tent Village): frequent occurrence
of the name in S. of Pal., 160. See
Chatzer.

Hazor city of Jabin, on Merom, 391;
its remains, 397; grove of Astarte
there, 144, 397.

Hebron earliest city of Pal., 164; ap-
proach to, 100; pools of, 102, 513,
514; Mosque of, 101, 149.
Helena her church at Bethlehem, 439;
and on Olivet, 452.
Heliopolis (On), xxxiv., li.
+Hepher (pit), 515.

Herder on Mt. Tabor, 351 note; on

the chief, 438.

Holy Sepulchre, the scope of the argu-

ments for and against the tradi-
tional site of, 179, 457; diversity of
its various architecture, 460; and
worship, 461, 464; scene at Easter,
464-471; possible origin of these
rites, 466 note.

Hooker, Dr., on the Cedars of Lebanon,
414, 414a, 414d.

+Hor or Har (Mountain), 41, 494.
Hor: see Mount H.

Horeb meaning of, 29; special use of

the word, 29 note.
Horites, 20 note, 516.

"Horns of Hattin," M., 336, 370.
Hot springs of Peninsula of Sinai, 21
note; of Palestine, 373.
Haleh, L. (Merom), 391: name as old
as the Crusades, 391 note.

Hyænas: see Zeboim.

Hyssop, 21 note, 69, 81. See Lasaf, and
Caper plant.

Idumæa, 259.

Iim, or Ije-abarim, 119 note.

Jabin, King of Hazor, 338, 391.
Jacob, 176 his vision at Bethel, 219; his
first settlement in Pal., 236; his
caution, 147, 241.

Jacob's Well, 147, 240, 428.
"Jacob's Tears," 155, 247 note.
+Jad, side of a river, 503.

Jaffa (Joppa), 243 note, 256, 261, 274.
Jair, 327, 527.

†Jam (the sea, and the west), 115 note,
comp. 373; 533.
+Jarden (Jordan), 505.
Jasher, Book of, 210.

Jebel Katherin (M. St. Catherine): why
so called, 30, 45 note, 77; ascent of,
76; visible from J. ed-Deir, 78;
and from the Pass of El- Wah, 79.
Jebel Makatteb (M. of writing), 60.
Jebel Músa (M. of Moses): traditional

site of Sinai, 39-44; ascent of, 75;
colours, 12; springs and vegetation
on, 18, 19; valleys of, 26, 42;
mysterious noises heard on, 14, 22;
visible from J. ed-Deir, 78; and from
El-Wah, 79; no inscriptions, 60.
Jebel Solab (M. of the Cross), J. ed-Deir,
78.
Jebus siege and capture of, 172: pos-
sibly Zion, the "upper city," 177.

:

Jerome his residence at Bethlehem,
104, 442; on Ebal and Gerizim,
238 note; on Salem of Melchizedek,
250 note; on Adummim, 424 note;
on the encampment by the Red Sea,
32 note; on Kadesh, 93 note; and
on Mt. Hor, 95 note.
Jerusalaim: possible origin of the dual
termination, 177 note.
Jerusalem great elevation of site, 129,

170; first aspect disappointing, 166;
constant view of mountains of Moab,
104, 167, 175, 300; compared in
situation to Luxembourg, 167;
ravines round, 167, 172, 174,
482; grandeur of approach from
the east, 168; protracted possession
of it by the Jebusites, 170; empha-
tically a mountain city, 170; lair of
the Lion of Judah, 171, 529, 530;
compactness of, 173; in what manner
the mountains "stand round" it,
174; comparison of site with that
of Rome, 175; natural capital of
Pal., 176; its position on the fron-
tier of Judah and Benj., 176, 199;
double nature of the city, 177;
siege by Titus, 175, 178; Rock of
the Sakrah, 178; spring beneath
the Temple, 180; has never over-
stepped its walls, 181; walls built
by Sultan Selim I., 182; its ancient
splendour, 182; present ruinous
condition possibly caused by earth-
quakes, 184: entry of Christ to,
190; visible from Mar Elias,
251; prophetical denunciations of,
273; tannery at, 274; Holy Places
of, 450; Church of Ascension, 452;
tomb of Virgin, 454; Gethsemane,
455: Cœnaculum, 456; Holy
Sepulchre, 457.

+Jeshimon (waste), 488.

Jezreel valley of, 336, 341; spring of,

342, 345; park and palace of, 349;
visible from Carmel, 355, 356.

Job, Book of, 286 note, 492 note, 505.
John, St. the scenes of his gospel
chiefly in Judica, 418.

John the Baptist: tomb at Sebastieh,
245; scene of his preaching, and his
outward aspect, 311; his food, 146.
Jonathan his victory over the Philis-
tines, 205, 214; David's lament
over him, 345.

+Jooval (floodstream), 508.

Joppa, 113, 115: derivation of name, 243
note; St. Peter at, 263, 274.
Jordan (Descender), the origin of the
name, 284; extraordinary general
character, 111; influence on the H.
Land, 111; rapid descent and tor-
tuous course, 282, 283 note; changes
in depth, 303, 304; terraces, 305
note; Desert plain, 297, 298; jungle
on banks, 284, 297; passage of, by
Joshua, 304; fords of, 303, 311,
327, 343; baptism of John, 312;
bathing of the Pilgrims, 314—316 ;
the Jordan between Gennesareth and
Merom, 371 note; lower source at
Tel-el-Kady, 394; upper source at
Banias, 396. See Jarden.
Joseph in Egypt, xxxi., xxxv., xxxÜ.,
xlv.; at Dothan, 247.

"Joseph's tomb" in the vale of She-
chem, 148, 241 note.

Joseph, Count of Tiberias, 384.
Josephus on the route of the Israelites,

32, 34, 35, 66 note; on Horeb, 40 ; on
the Rock of Moses, 47; onKadesh and
Petra, 94; on the Earthquake of Jeru-
salem, 184; on valley of Shaveh, 249
note; account of Moses' death, 301;
on Galilee, 363 note; Gennesareth,
374, 376 note; on Capernaum, 384
note; on Bethsaida, 527.
Joshua: his capture of Ai, 202; the

battle of Beth-horon, 208-212;
battle with Jabin, 391; legendary
"tomb of Joshua" at head of L.
Merom, 393 note: law respecting
fish in Gennesareth, 375; passage
of Jordan, 304.

Joshua, book of: importance for geo-
graphy of Pal., xiii.

Josiah his battle with Pharaoh Necho,
and death, 116, 347.

Judaa table-land of, 174, 176; hills of,
161, 307, 308.

Judah character of tribe, 162.

Judas, traditional tree of, 105 note, 186.
Judas Maccabæus battle at Beth-horon,

212.

Judith, book of, 247.

Justinian builder of Convent of St.
Catherine, 52, 53

Kaa: see El-Kâa

Kadesh (holy), 93, 98: encampment of

the Israelites at, 93; identical with
Petra, 94; its dignity in the Hebrew
traditions, 96; supposed by Robin-
son to be Ain-el- Weibeh, 98.
Kadesh-barnea, 93 note; distinguished
by Jerome from K. en Mishpat, 93

note.

Kadisha (holy): R. of Phoenicia, 269.
Kalat-es-Shukif (Belfort), 405 note.
Kanah (reed), stream, 260.
Karnac, xli.

Karnak, in Brittany, 99 note.
Keble see Christian Year.

Kedesh-Naphtali, 340, 364, 390.

Kedron (black), ravine of, 172, 296; in
Ezekiel's vision, 294.

Kelt (possibly the Cherith), 305.

Kenites, 160, 161, 295, 340.

Kerak of Moab, 167, 285, 523.
Khan Jusuf, 247 note.

Khan Minych, 383.

Khasimych (boundary) R., 277, 406.

Khassab (reedy), inner part of plain of
Sharon, 260.

Kinah, 160 note.

+Kir (wall), 522.
+Kiriah (city), 523.

Kirjath-jearim (city of forests), 121, 205

note, 518, 524.

Kirjath-sannah (city of palm), 161.
Kirjath-sepher (city of book), 161.
Kishon, R., 336, 339, 355.
Kubbet-en-Nüsr, 414i note.

"Ladder of the Tyrians" (Ras Nakhura),
264, 266, 269.

Ladroon, i. e., Castellum boni Latronis,
207.

Lahai-roi, well of, 159.

Lasaf, or Asaf (caper plant), 21, 70, 81.
+Lashon (tongue or bay), 503.
Latin monks their superiority to Greek,

354; impressiveness of their service
at Nazareth, 443.

Lebanon, 109, 110: meaning of the name,
403; source of imagery to Hebrew
poetry, 404; view from, 405; tra-
ditions of, 413.

Lebaoth (lionesses), 162 note.

:

Legends of Pal. their slight connexion
with the localities, 155, 451.

Leontes, R. (Litány): not an ancient name,

414d note; largest river of Syria,
269; its course, 282, 407.

Leopardi: his connexion with the story of
Loretto, 448 note.

Libnah (white), 207 note, 258 note, 521.
"Lily" of Palestine, 139, 429.
Limestone of Syria generally, 4; of

Sinai, 7; of Palestine, 147, 150,
154, 307, 390; at Adummim, 421
note.

"Lion of Judah," 162, 171.

Lions in mountains of Judah, 162 note.
Litany R. (Leontes), 110, 414d.
"Little Hermon" (Dúhy), 336.
Lo-debar, 486 note.

Loretto, House of its flight from Naza
reth, 445; daily devotions at, 446;
examination of the legend, 447; its
probable origin, 449, 450.

Lot his view from Bethel, 218.
Luxembourg: compared in site to Jeru-
salem, 167.

Luynes, Duc de: his Commentary on In-
scription of Esmunazar, 277, 256

note.

Luz (almond): ancient city on site of
Bethel, 221, 234 note, 521.
Lycus (wolf): river of Phoenicia, 269.
Lydda, 263.

+Maaleh (ascent), 500.

Maaleh Acrabbim (Ascent of Scorpions),
113 note, 500.

+Maan (place watered by springs), 511.
+Maareh (open field), 492.

+Mabbooa (gushing spring), 512.
+Mabbool (the deluge), 509.
Maccabæus: see Judas M.

Machipelah, cave of, 149.

Magdala, 382.

Mahanaim (two hosts), 328.

Mahomet legends of his visit to Sinai, 53,
54; flight to Jerusalem, 150, 179;
view over Damascus, 132, 218, 410.
Maimonides buried at Tiberias, 372.
Makkedah, 211, 151.

+Makor (well-spring), 512.
Mamre, oak of, 103, 142.
Manasseh the tribe, 327, 391.
Manna, 21, 26 note.

+Maon (den), 171 note, 530.
+Maoz (stronghold), 530.

Masada (Sebbeh), 163, 171 note, 296, 531.
+Mashabim (water troughs), 514.
Mashchith (corruption): Talmudic name
for Olivet, 188 note.

Matterhorn (Alp): derives its name from
the meadows below, like the moun-
tains of Sinai, 17 note.

+Mikveh (reservoir), 513.

Milman, Dean, xxiv. note, 167, 178 note.
+Miphrats (bay), 533.

+Misgab (lofty rock), 500.

Mishor (downs), name of trans-Jordanic
territory, 324 note, 344 note, 484.
See 135, "level."
+Mistar (hiding place), 531.
+Mibtsar (fortress), 529.
Mizpeh (watch-tower): probably Scopus,
213, 215, 226.

Moab mountains of, 104, 167, 175, 218,
320, 321; vineyards of, 421 note.
Modin, 162.

Moi Temsah (Crocodile R.), 276 note.
Moladah well of, in S. of Judah, 159.
Monte Rosa: Arabic names of the adja-

cent valleys, 15 note.
Mont-joye (Nebi Samwil), 132, 214.
Moore: his report on population of Syria,
120 note.

+Morad (descent), 501.
Moreh oak of, 142; or terebinths of,
235, 238, 252. See 519.
Moriah (vision or appearance), M., 177
and note, 178, 251.

Moses in Egypt, xxxv. xlv. Iv.; his

view from Pisgah, 131, 300, 321;
his death, 301; and burial-place,
302; Wells of M. on the Red Sea,
28, 66; Rock of M., 46, 47.
Mosque of Omar, 168, 169, 178.
+Motsa-maim (spring-head), 511.
Mount Hor (Jebel Haran): first view of,

85; proof of its identity, 86; visible
from the Deir, 97. See also 495.
Mount of Beatitudes, 368; view of, from
Wady Hymam, 383, 429 note; of
Safed from, 429.

Mount of Olives its elevation, 175; its

four summits, 186; "The Park"
of Jerusalem, 187; Rabbinical
legend of the dwelling of Shechinah
on, 189; remarkable view of Jeru-
salem from, 132, 192. See Olivet.

Mount of Precipitation, 367, 443 note.
Mountain views of Pal. 131, 132: from

Gerizim, 236; Gilead, 320; Naza-
reth, 365; Lebanon, 405; of Da-
mascus from A.-Libanus, 410.
Mountains security over plains, 136,
231; highest mountains named from
their snowy tops, 403 note.
Mountains of Galilee: their beauty and
richness, 361.

Mountains of Sinai: the Tôr, 8; their
geology, 10; main groups, 11;
colours, 12, 70; complication of
summits, 12, 74; desolate grandeur,
13, 18; stillness, 13; called after
the Wâdys, 14, 29; other names due
to some natural peculiarity, 17, 29.
Mountjoy see Mont-joye.
Múkmas (Michmash): traditions of, 204

note.

Mussulman legends: puerility of many,

149; of Moses, 30; of Jethro, 32;
of Rock of Sakrah, 179; of the Ass
of Jesus, 190 note; battle of Beth-
horon, 211 note; of Peter's vision,
274; of Elijah, 268; of Christ's
descent at Damascus, 412 note; of
Abel, Seth, and Noah, 412, 414;
of a light in their sanctuaries on
Friday nights, 268, .414, 469; of
the tombs of various saints, 149,
412, 414.

Mustard tree, 427 note.

Myrtles, on Olivet, 145 note, 121, 455.

Nabal the Carmelite, 160.
Nabk (Thorn), 370, 426.

Nablus (Neapolis, Shechem), 233.
+Nachal (wúdy, or torrent-bed), 14,
294 note, 505.

+Nahar (perennial river), 501.
Nahar-Mukatta (R. of Slaughter), the
Kishon, 355 note.

Nahr-el-Kelb (Lycus), Dog River, 117.
Nain, 357, 367.

Nakb-Badera, 10, 71.

Nakb-Howy (pass of the wind), 74.
Núkús, M. (bell), 9, 14.

+Naphath and N.-Dor, 260, 493.
Naphtali, 363; possession of the S. of
Galilee, 363, 373.

366, 367, 442; taken in 1291 by
Sultan Khalil, 448; abundance of
flowers, 365 note; connection with
our Lord, 417.

Nazareth: Franciscan Ch. of Annunci-

ation at, 443; Greek Ch., 444;
legend of the flight of the Virgin's
house to Loretto, 445; house at
Nazareth compared with that at
Loretto, 446, 447.

Nebi-Músa (Tomb of Moses), 302 note.
Nebi-Samwil, 138, 166; view of Jerusa-

lem from, 186, 208; described, 214;
the "Mountjoy" of the Crusaders,
214; has been supposed to be Mizpeh,
215; but is probably the High Place
of Gibeon, 215, 226; according to
Muss. tradition, Ramah, 224.
Nebi-Zur or Nabi-Z., 277.
Nehemiah, 182.

+Nekik (cranny), 499.

New Forest Tabor compared to, 350.
+Nikrah (hole), 498.

See

Nile in Delta, xxxiii.; valley of, xxxv.;
colour of, xxxv.; at Silsilis, xlv.;
at Cataracts, xlvi., liii.; in Nubia,
xlix.; vegetation along, xxxvi., lvii.,
121; palms at Memphis, lv., 307;
valley of, recalled by Gennesareth,
374; birds of, xxxvi., 427.
Ieor, and Shichor.
Noah tomb of, in Lebanon, 408.
Nob possibly on the V. Galilæi summit
of Olivet, 187, 188 note. Suggestion
of Mr. Thrupp regarding, 188 note.
Northern boundary of Pal., 400.
Nubia, xlix.

Oaks of Palestine (El, Elah), 139, 142,
519, 520; oak of Mamre, 103, 142;
of Moreh, 142; of Meonenim, 142
note; of Bethel, or of Deborah,
(Allon-bachuth), 143, 220, 225; of
Zaanaim, 143, 340 note, 363 note;
of Bashan, 144, 320, 329; at Tel
el-Kady, 394; at Hazor, 397.
Oak timber from England, used in roof of
Ch. of Nativity at Bethlehem, 141.
"Offence, Mount of:" on Olivet, 186,
188 note.

Oleanders probable allusion to, in
Ps. i., 146; at Gennesareth, 371,

372; on Upper Jordan, 393; on
the Orontes, 414g

Olive-trees of Pal., 139: on the traditional
site of Gethsemane, 455.
Olivet (Jebel-et-Tur): origin of word,

186 note; Rabbinical traditions of,
189; formerly abundant in vege-
tation, 121, 145, 187; view of
Jerusalem from, 132, 192; pro-
bably scene of Parables of Last

+Pachath (hollow), 515.

Padan-aram (cultivated upland), 129 note.
Pagan religion: its great localities deeply
impressive, 156, 195, 231.

Palestine (Philistia, land of the Philis-

tines): origin of the word, 256; the
link between Sinai and Lebanon,
111; and between Assyria and
Egypt, 116; cut off from the rest of
the world, 112; absence of havens,
113, 265; length and breadth of,
114; presence of both sea and
mountains, 114; confluence of East
and West, 117; ruins of, 117, 119;
alteration in climate and productive-
ness, 120; contrast with Desert, 121;
but monotonous to European eyes,
137; abundance of water, 123;
storms and earthquakes of, 124, 184;
analogies with the Western world,
127; varied natural features of,
127; mountainous character of,
128, 129; general elevation of the
country, 102, 130; first-called Aram,
129; fenced cities of, 132; "high
places," 133; want of roads, 135;
security of its mountain districts,
136; plains now infested by the
Bedouins, 136; preeminent in the
East for flowers, 139, 365 note;
scarcity of large trees, 138, 139;
olives, 139; cedars, 140; historical
trees, 142; palms, 144; rocky
character, 147; identification of
ancient wells, 147; tombs, 148;
caves, in ancient times, 150, 151,
152, in modern times, 153; con-
secration of grottoes, 153, 440, 441;
legends due to natural features, 154;
contrast of its sacred localities with
those of Greece, 156, 231.