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"Are those the mountains near Antioch?" asked Hassan. "Nay," he answered, "they are more than fifty miles south of them, between Ladikiya and Jebela. There, by the mercy of Heaven, is a good haven, for I have visited it, where we can lie till this storm is past." "But we are steering for Darbesak, not for a haven near Jebela, which is a Frankish port," answered Hassan, angrily.
Ten Jews dwell here, engaged in glass-making, and at their head are R. Mordecai, R. Chayim, and R. Samuel. From here it is two days' journey to Lega, or Ladikiya, where there are about 100 Jews, at their head being R. Chayim and R. Joseph. They call him the Sheik Al Hashishim, and he is known as their Elder. At his word these mountaineers go out and come in.
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