'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎347] (456/496)

The village consists of from fifteen to twenty houses, and several plants-
tions of fig trees on its lands.
On hearing at this village of a “ Written stone 3 ' to be seen in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Kah, I turned from the Anathoth road to the right, down the north
side of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bostan to Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kak; and after a mile walk down
the valley, found to my disappointment nothing but a block of limestone,
the surface of which had been unequally worn by rain and weather.
On the left of the W^adi, and, as far as I could judge, about two miles
easterly from Isawiyeh, is a high round-backed hill, with apparently ruins
at the top, called Khirbet-el-Yahud ^ 1 —Euins of the Jews.
From Isawiyeh a slight ascent leads to the edge of a ridge overlook
ing the deep valley, Wddi-es-Salim>, the steep descent into which is
called “ Akabat-el-Ghazaldn” ^ \ \ —the declivity of
the Gazelles. A troop of these graceful creatures I startled from
their repose. The ascent and descent occupied eight minutes. The
course of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is easterly towards the Ghor. Its head is in the
range which flanks the left or west of the Anathoth road, and which
connects the ridge of Olivet and Scopus with the hills of Benjamin and
Ephraim beyond. The head of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is formed by the union of two
rain channels, now T dry, but which tear down towards the east in the
winter with much fury. The road, after passing round the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. head,
follows its course for some distance to the right, and then, turning to the
left, or southerly, passes over the shoulder of its northern bank after an
ascent of considerable length. Towards the summit a rock-cut cistern
lies in the road \ and beyond on the right rises the high round-topped
hill called Bas-el-Kharub, ^ ^,—the promontory or hill of
the Carob tree.
At the bottom of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Salim I threaded large herds of camels and
sheep, pasturing on the sides and bottom of the valley. Some Arab
shepherds reclining lazily under the rocks, stated they belonged to the
Arabs of the Ghor, whose black camel-hair tents I had passed in my
way from Isawtyeh to Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. K&h. The ascent from the bottom of the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. to Bas-el-Kharub occupied fifteen minutes. On the top of the
latter I found several ancient cisterns, lined with cement, like those
on Mount Olivet; and a sepulchral grot cut in the rock. ence
is a fine prospect of the country: in front extends a tract of bro en
hilly land, descending from the right of Benjamin and Moun