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205 THE NAZARETH RANGE. 205

Buttauf. This depression would be better defined by one or two altitudes, which would be ample if taken in the right place or places.

The waterparting between the Mukutt'a and the Melek passes over this quadrangular block between its south-western and north-eastern corners. The Melek drainage has the longer slopes facing the north-east and north-west, and it forms a compact parallelogram, having the shorter slopes descending towards the Mukutt'a from its south-eastern and south-western sides. All the villages are on the south- eastern slope. The highest summit probably lies about half a mile north-west of Kuskus (alt. 575 feet), but its altitude is unknown,

2. The Central Division.

The central division of this range extends eastward to Wady el Mady, which descends to the southern base line on the east of Mount Tabor or Jebel et Tur. From the head of the perennial stream that washes Wady el Mady, the eastern limit of this division may be tracked northward along the Damascus Eoad, which runs nearly along the waterparting to the Ard ed Darun, in the direction of the village of Lubieh and the Hakul el Mugharah, a watercourse which descends to the Plain of Toron, and connects it with Wady Shubbabeh, parts of the northern base line of this division. The ground around Lubieh does not fit well, either with the Toron or the Nazareth ranges, but on the whole it is found to fall in better with the latter, and the symmetry of the former is left undisturbed.

Between the northern and southern bases of the range, and the eastern and western limits of this division, the Nazareth Eange presents its most complex features. The main range has been already traced. Looking at the one- inch map, it may be inferred that the main range runs to Semunieh, whereas Semunieh (alt. 623 feet), is situated at the end of a spur given off from the waterparting on the south of 'Ailut. There can be no doubt that more relative prominence is due to the hill shading of that waterparting