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The road from Nazareth to Acre proceeds for some time ever a barren, rocky tract of country, which Hasselquist informs us is a continuation of a species of territory peculiar to the same meridian, and stretching through several parallels of latitude.
Near the latter are observed several caves and holes, excavated by the solitaries, who thought it the most suitable place for undergoing the austerities of Lent, a practice which has not even at the present day fallen altogether into disuse. Hasselquist describes the path as "dangerous beyond imagination.
The Natural History of Palestine. Travellers too much neglect Natural History; Maundrell, Hasselquist, Clarke. GEOLOGY Syrian Chain; Libanus; Calcareous Rocks; Granite; Trap; Volcanic Remains; Chalk; Marine Exuviae; Precious Stones. METEOROLOGY Climate of Palestine; Winds; Thunder; Clouds; Waterspouts; Ignis Fatuus.
Hasselquist conjectures that it is a league to the top, the whole of which may be accomplished without dismounting, a statement amply confirmed by the experience of Van Egmont and Heyman. These travellers relate that "this mountain, though somewhat rugged and difficult, we ascended on horseback, making several circuits round it, which took up about three-quarters of an hour.
Hasselquist had more professional learning, and has accordingly contributed more than any of his predecessors to our acquaintance with Palestine, viewed in its relations to the animal, the vegetable, and the mineral kingdoms.
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