 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...page. 159,.] rT^HE Dead Sea is enclofed on the Eafl and Weft with •*• exceeding high mountains; on the North- it is bounded •with the plain of Jericho, on which fide alfo it receives the waters of Jordan; on the South iys open, and extends beyond the reach of the eye. It is... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1811 - 804 pages
...found it brackifh. The Dead Sea is enclofed on the eaft and weft with exceeding high mountains ; oa the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which fide alfo it receives the waters of Jordan ; on the fouth it is open, and extends beyond the reach of the eye. It... | |
 | Edward Wells - Bible - 1819 - 432 pages
...with exceeding high mountains; on the Salt b Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 82 — 84. PART I. the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on ~~ which side it receives the waters of Jordan. On the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach of the... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...irrigates the fields. The lake Asphaltites is enclosed on the east and west with exceeding high mountains; on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side it receives the waters of the Jordan ; on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach of... | |
 | Henry Maundrell - Jerusalem - 1836 - 294 pages
...we found it brackish. The Dead Sea is enclosed on the east and west with exceeding high mountains; on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side also it receives the waters of Jordan ; on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 738 pages
...lake Asphaltiles, or the Dead Sea, i> enclosed on the east and west with exceeding high mountains ; on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side it receives the waters of the Jordan ;' on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach... | |
 | George Paxton - Bible - 1842 - 586 pages
...on both sides being so precipitous, that the descent to the water is very difficult and dangerous ;] on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side it receives the waters of the Jordan ; on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach of... | |
 | George Bush - 1854 - 694 pages
...lake Asphaltites, or the Dead Sea, is enclosed on the east and west with exceeding high mountains ; on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side it receives the waters of the Jordan ; on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach of... | |
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Sea, is enclosed on the east and west with exceeding high mountains ; on the north it is bounded with the plain of Jericho, on which side it receives the waters of the Jordan ; on the south it is open, and extends beyond the reach of the eye. 