The land of Moab : travels and discoveries on the east side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan

The object of Tristram's expedition was a careful examination of the then-contemporary state of a country frequently referred to in the Old Testament, and intimately connected with Jewish history, but which had not been traversed at leisure by any explorer since the fall of the Roman empire. PREFACE NOTE TO SECOND EDITION CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER ON THE PERSIAN PALACE OF MASHITA APPENDIX A.AURORA AT SEBBEII APPENDIX B. ACCOUNT OF A CURIOUS PHYSICAL PHENOMENON WITNESSED AT ZIZA. APPENDIX C. ON THE FLOBA OF MOAB INDEX WHO that has stood outside the walls of Jerusalem, or on the Mount of Olives, has not gazed with wistful interest on those blue hills, rising with clear outline beyond the thin haze which overhangs the deep hidden lake of salt, nor wondered what the land of Moab might reveal? By H. B. Tristram ; With A Chapter On The Persian Palace Of Mashita By Jas. Fergusson ; With Map, And Illustrations By C.l. Buxton And R.c. Johnson. Originally Published: London : J. Murray, 1873. Includes Index.