Palestine: the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land / By John Kitto. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one woodcuts, by the most eminent artists.

  • John Kitto
Date:
1841
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Credit: Palestine: the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land / By John Kitto. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one woodcuts, by the most eminent artists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bird’s-foot, cexli Bird-lime, cel xxi — weed, Syrian, or scammony, cclxx”* — wort, cexli Birket Abou Ermeil, clv el Ram, zd. Bittern, little, eecevi Bitumen of the Dead Sea described, 1xxx mentioned by Josephus as found in the Dead Sea, elxxvi Blackbird, eccex Black fish, eecexvii, cecexviii stone of the Haouran, lxy — of Sinai, id. — combustible, found all over the Haouran, 1xxxiv thorn, ccxxiii, ecxlvi trap or black stone, Ixv Blood used as manure, ccexlvi Boar, wild, ceclxxviii Boars and buffaloes, superstition concerning, cccci Bochart, Samuel, his ‘ Hierozoicon,’ iv his ‘ Phaleg,’ vii ——-————. observations on his ‘ Hierozoicon,’ xxiii* Boccore or early, or first ripe figs, ccxxxviii, cclxxix Borage, ccxl, cexli, eclxxxi Borago officinalis, cexli Borith, the Hebrew word translated ‘ soap,’ cclxvii* Bostra, mountain of, composed of chalk, Ixvi Botany of the Bible, works upon, v Bottle gourd, cclxxxviii Boucher, his holy nosegay, or ‘ Bouquet Sacré,’ ix, xxvi* Boury fish, eecexvi Bowring, Dr., his ‘Report on the Commercial Statistics of Syria,’ cecvii his account of the population of Syria, eeexxviii* ————_——_— ——_——_ Syrian cotton and tobacco, ecexliii the coal mines of Mount Leba non, ccexlvii ———_——_ the agricultural produce of Syria, cecli ecexevili* Boxthorn, cclxviii Brank-ursine, cexxxi Brassica arvensis, eccxx -——— cauliflora, ccxv oleracea, ccxv* Brazier, the original word for hearth, ecexlviii* Bread in the wilderness, cclxxvii Breuning, ‘ Orientalische Reise in die Turkie,’ xiv Breydenbach, Bernh. de, ‘ Opus transmariue Peregrinationis, &c.,’ account of, ix British Isles furnished supplies of tin to the Phoenicians, Ixxiii Broom, ccxxxi 5 rattam, a species of, ccxxvili rape, ccxli Broad-tailed shaker, ecccix Brocard, his ‘ Descriptio Terre Sancte,’ viii he is often confounded with a Dominican monk of the same name, viii* Bruce, his reputation for veracity as a traveller and a naturalist referred to, ccclxxvi Brushwood, used for fuel, cecxlvili Bruyn, Cornelius van, ‘ Reysen door den Levant,’ &e., xiv B.yse, meal from the fruit of the rhamnus lotus, cexxxvi Buckingham, ‘ Travels among the Arab Tribes,’ xviii ——§—- in Palestine,’ id. his description of the limestone of Jebel Ainneto, the consumption of sheep in Syria, lix - his discovery of hot springs at Om Keis and Tahhbahh, Ixxvi —— his description of bath near Hieromax or Sheirat el Mandhour, Ixxvi Backthorn, eclxviii Buffalo, cccce Bug, red, ccecexxi Bugloss, ccxl wild, cexcii* Buhle, J. G., his prize essay referred to, ccv Bunias, ccxxxvi Bunting, black faced, ccccxi Buphthalmum commune, cclxviii* dentatum, cclxx* foliis oblongis dentatis, cclxviii* Bupleurum minimum, cexciii PIO Burckhardt, ‘ Travels in Syria and the Holy Land,’ xviii —— his description of the construction of the mountains euclosing Wady Sal, Ixili ; —- his account of saltpetre in Palestine, lxxiv* Burdock, ccxli ; Barnet, ccxxxi Burnt saxifrage, cclxx j Bussra or dried zorombat, ccccxvi Bastard, ecccvi ; sani Butter, usually made of goat’s or sheep’s milk, ccccxe of the hot baths at Tahhbabh, xev — CCCCXXV Butter, mode of preparing, eccxcix* Byblus or Jebail, town of, ci Cabbage, ecxv* Cachrys libanotis, ecxcii Cactus ficus Indicus, ecxxii*, ecxcii* Coele-Syria or Hollow Syria, xxxii or El Bekaah, situation of, evi Ceesarea, ruius of, civ Calamus aromaticus, ccxxxix Caleareous rock is the stone of the mountains of Syria, lix Calman, W., his account of the appearance of Gish, Safet, Tab ereah, and Lubia after the earthquake of 1837, lxxvii ————— his account of the earthquake of 1837, xci, xcii Calmet, ‘ Dictionary of the Bible,’ Taylor’s * Fragments’ appended to, vi account of his works, xxv* Caltha palustris, celxviii Caltrops, ccxxxi Cama cigas, lxix Camel, general account of, ccclxxxv, ecclxxxvi ——— little known of, and why, ccclxxxvi —— birth of the, 7d. and dromedary, distinction between, ccclxxxvii two humped, or Bactrian, id. importance of its hump, id. its growth and time of breeding, cecxe food of, ceclx xxviii ‘* feeds on its own hump,” meaning of, id. price of, ccelxxxviii - mode of mounting the, id. speed of, ccclxxxix its patience, sagacity and quarrelsomeness, id. ——. capability of enduring thirst, id. —— its flesh eaten by the Bedouins, ccexe ——— its blood mixed with borgoul, id. grease of, id. —— milk of, id. its hair or wool, id. decorations of, ccexci death of, id. Campanula pentagonia, ccxl* Campbell, Gslonel, his account of the population of Syria, cecxxviii* Camomile, celxviii Cancer cursor, ecccxviii* fluviatilis, id. Cannabis vulgaris, cel xviii* Cantharis or blistering fly, ceccxix Caper, cclxxxi Capo Bianco or White Cape, ciii Caprification, process of, described, cclxxix* Caprimulgus Americanus, ecccxii* — Europeus, td. Caracal, ecclxix Caranx, ccecxvi — fusus, cecexvi* ———— luna, id. ——— petaurista, id. rhonchus, td. Carduus mollis, cexlvii ———— Syriacus, ecxlvii* Carica or Summer fig, cclxxix Carmel, Mount, its situation, &c. xxxvii —xxxviili, lvi* Carob-tree, cexxvii, celxviii, cclxx, cccxi Carp, cecexvil—cccexvill scaly, ccccexvil* Carraway, cclxxxi Carrier pigeon, ccccix Carthamus tinctorius, ecexxi Castor-oil plant, celxvili, ecexx Castillo, Ant. del, his El Devoto Peregrino, &c., x Cat, domestic, not mentioned in Scripture, ccclxix unowned, semi-wild, in towns, ecclxx Persian, id. sacred among the Egyptians, id. snpposed to convey plague, id. Caterpillars, black, cccexxi Cauliflower, ccxv, ccxix, cexxx, cclxiv Cedars of Lebanon, cccy — cccvi Cedrum, or cedria, gum, cc]xxix Celery, ccxxx Celsius, Olaus, his ‘ Hierobotanicon,’ v Centaurea scabiosa, ccxli* Cepa montana, cclxviii* m Cephir, or young lion, ccclxvii Cerastes or horned snake, ccccxv Ceratonia siliqua, cexxvii Cervidee, no appearance of in Syria or Palestine, cecxcilti Chaffinch, eccexi Chameleon, account of. cecexiii—eecexiv ———--—— its change of colour, ccccxiy its irritability, id. —_—— eye of the, id. Chalk, prevalentin Mountains of Carmel, Ixvi 312
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