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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 292 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=17mm, Gew.=431gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Meer...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 292 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=17mm, Gew.=431gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. Sec. 8. THE DEPRESSION OF THE DEAD SEA, OR THE ASPHALTIC LAKE: THE ' AffifaATiT/f OF JOSEPHUS; THE ASPHALTTTIS LACUS OF FLINY; THE BIRKET LUT, LOT'S SEA, AND BAHHERET LUT, OF SEETZEN; THE BIRKET ZOAR OF EDRISI, ABULFEDA, AND OTHERS. DISCURSION I. FLAT NORTHERN SHORE OF THE DEAD SEA, FROM THE MOUTH OF THE JORDAN TO THE FIRST PROMONTORY RAS EL FESHCHAH AND THE MOUTH OF THE KEDRON, AS PORTRAYED BY SEETZEN, RUSSEGGER, VON SCHUBERT, ROBINSON, GADOW, AND WILSON. jjHE impression which the first view of the Dead Sea made upon von Schubert1 was not disagreeable. He was struck with the contour of the shore, which he thought one of the finest in its outline of any that lie had ever seen, and not more barren than the coasts of the Red Sea. In some places, particularly on the eastern side, he saw verdure extending down the gorges as far as to the water side. The surface at the time of his visit (the middle of April) was so peaceful and attractive, that some mules rushed into the sea to drink; but no sooner had they tasted the bitter brine, than they hastened out and shook themselves as if in disgust. The heat was oppressive, and seemed to be increased by the weight of the atmosphere in a region so depressed; for if D'Aubuisson's estimate is correct, that three hundred Paris feet elevation or depression are equivalent to a degree north and south on the surface, the heat there must be about that of Cairo or Akaba. At such a place palms ought to flourish, other things being equal, as we know that they once did at Jericho. Directly on the shore von Schubert saw flints of various 1 Von Schubert, Reise, iii. p. 85. colours, evidently thrown out of the chalk formation of the adjacent mountain ridge: he also discovered limestone permeated and blackened with bitumen, an...<

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ISBN: 0217380905

ISBN: 0217380905