William Francis Lynch

Name: Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea — 19
Author: William Francis Lynch

Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

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“Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea — 19”, published in 1849, is a work by William Francis Lynch. It explores elements such as ravine, convent and Sherîf.

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ With us were Sherîf , Ibrahim Aga, and the sheikhs of the Raschayideh and Ta’amirah, and six camels. Winding slowly up the steep pass, we looked back at every turn upon our last place of encampment, and upon the silent sea. We are ever sad on parting with things for the last time. The feeling that we are never to see them again, makes us painfully sensible of our own mortality. ”

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ The stillness of death reigned on one side; the sea of death, calm and curtained in mist, lay upon the other; and yet this is the most interesting country in the world. This is the wilderness of Judea ”

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ There is egress from the convent to the ravine by means of a ladder, which, at will, is let down from a low, arched door. The sight, from the bottom of the ravine, is one well calculated to inspire awe. The chasm is here about 600 feet wide and 400 deep, — a broad, deep gorge, or fissure, between lofty mountains, the steep and barren sides of which are furrowed by the winter rains. There are many excavations in the face of the cliffs, on both sides of the ravine, below the convent. ”

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ The approach to the convent is striking, from the lofty, perpendicular cliffs on each side, perforated with a great many natural and artificial excavations. Immense labour, sustained by a fervent though mistaken zeal, must have been expended here.
A perpendicular cliff, of about 400 feet, has its face covered with walls, terraces, chapels, and churches, constructed of solid masonry, all now in perfect repair. The walls of this convent, with a semicircular-concave sweep, run along the western bank of the ravine, from the bottom to the summit. ”

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ A little above the convent, on the west side, halfway up, on the abrupt face of the precipice, are the ruins of a building, a chapel or a fortress. One story is standing, with a tower, pierced with loop-holes. The numerous excavations present a most singular appearance; and, looking upon them, one expects every moment to see the inmates come forth. It is a city of caverns.
BOTANICAL SPECIMENS ”

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William Francis Lynch, Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea… (1849)

“ At 12, overtook the leveling party, and shortly after the camels with the sections of the boats. At 1:15 P.M., camped in Wady Khiyam Seya’rah (Ravine of the Tents of Seya’rah) , so called from a tribe of that name having been surprised and murdered here. It is a rocky glen, over a steep precipice, a thousand feet above the Dead Sea. There are two large caves on the north side of the ravine, in which we prepared to take up our quarters, but the Arabs dissuaded us with the assurance that they abound with serpents and scorpions, which crawl out in the night. ”

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