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CHAP. XX.]
AMMAN.
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a fine view of the different peaks already mentioned in describe
ing the mountains of this part of the country. Towards the
north are Jebel-Jelad and Mezar Osha; southward is the
distant range of Abarim, or Attarus, with the peaks of Pisga
or Moab, and Mount Nebo ; towards the west is seen the
meandering valley of the Jordan and part of Lake Tiberias;
whilst the opposite side presents a succession of steep rounded
hills, clothed with oak and olive trees, arbutus, and myrtle.
At Neby Osha, or the tomb of Hosea, in this neighbourhood. Tomb of Hosea.
a fair is held during the visit of the pilgrims, to which the
Arabs bring for sale a quantity of kali or soap-ashes, the best
in this part of the country. 1
At Kherbet-el-Souk, one mile S.S.W. of Szalt, are the
ruins of a considerable town, and, near them. Am Hazeir, a™ Hazeir.
possibly the ancient Jazer. 2 Five miles south-westward from
thence is Ayra, and three miles to the south-east the ruined
city of Feheis; 3 five miles southward of the latter are the
ruins called Szyr, situated in a Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. of the same name, which
also contains the Birket Om Amoud; again, eight miles east
ward of the latter, and about 19 miles south-east by east of
Szalt, are the ruins of Amman. The extensive remains of the
Rabbah of the Ammonites, 4 subsequently Philadelphia, occupy Ruins of
both banks and the slopes on each side of the Moie Amman, pykdeipWa
a small river, here flowing E.S.E. Not far from the left
bank of the river are the remains of a small temple, and, a
little lower, those of an extensive theatre, 304 feet in diameter,
with 42 rows of seats ; adjoining this is a smaller theatre, 100
feet in diameter, which was once covered. Among the ruins
of both are those of a colonnade, and also of a bridge, with a
space between them for public exhibitions. A little lower,
near the opposite bank of the river, which has walls like
quays on each side, and is paved at the bottom, there is a
remarkable building, probably a public walk; it consists of
high walls, forming a half hexagon, facing the west; on
which side there is a fine colonnade, and a beautiful arch in
1 Burckhardt's Travels in Syria, p. 354. 2 Ibid., 355. 8 Ibid., 356.
4 Jeremiah, chap. XLIX., v. 2; Ezekiel, cbap, XXV., v. 5; Deut., chap.
III., v. 11.