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[Footnote 237: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, p. 82; compare Hooker, l.s.c.]
[Footnote 238: This is Dr. Hooker's description. Canon Tristram says of the styrax at the eastern foot of Carmel, that ”of all the flowering shrubs it is the most abundant,” and that it presents to the eye ”one sheet of pure white blossom, rivalling the orange in its beauty and its perfume” (_Land of Israel_, p. 492).]
[Footnote 239: Ibid. p. 596.]
[Footnote 240: Walpole, _Ansayrii_, iii. 298.]
[Footnote 241: Tristram, pp. 16, 28, &c.; Robinson, _Biblical Researches_, iii. 438.]
[Footnote 242: The ”terraced vineyards of Esfia” on Carmel are noted by Canon Tristram (_Land of Israel_, p. 492). Walpole speaks of vineyards on Bargylus (_Ansaryii_, iii. 165). The vine-clad slopes of the Lebanon attract notice from all Eastern travellers.]
[Footnote 243: Quoted by Dr. Hooker, in Smith's _Dictionary of the Bible_, ii. 684, 685.]
[Footnote 244: Deut. x.x.xiii. 24.]
[Footnote 245: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, pp. 7, 16, 17; Walpole, _Ansayrii_, iii. 147, 177.]
[Footnote 246: Tristram, p. 492; Stanley, _Sinai and Palestine_, p.
347.]
[Footnote 247: Hooker, in Smith's _Dictionary of the Bible_, ii. 685.]
[Footnote 248: Tristram, pp. 622, 633; Walpole, _Ansayrii_, iii. 446; Robinson, _Later Researches_, p. 607.]
[Footnote 249: Tristram, pp. 17, 38; Walpole, _Ansayrii_, iii. 32, 294, 373.]
[Footnote 250: Robinson, _Bibl. Researches_, iii. 419, 431, 438, &c.]
[Footnote 251: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, p. 28.]
[Footnote 252: Ha.s.selquist, _Reise_, p. 188.]
[Footnote 253: _Ansayrii_, i. 66.]
[Footnote 254: Tristram, l.s.c.]
[Footnote 255: Hooker, in _Dictionary of the Bible_, ii. 685.]
[Footnote 256: _Reise_, l.s.c.]
[Footnote 257: _Memoires_, i. 332.]
[Footnote 258: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, p. 493.]
[Footnote 259: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, p. 82.]
[Footnote 260: Renan, _Mission de Phenicie_, p. 59; Hooker, in _Dictionary of the Bible_, ii. 687; Tristram, _Land of Israel_, p. 493.]
[Footnote 261: Tristram, _Land of Israel_, l.s.c.]