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40 40 THE MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED.

kilieh, it does not extend back to the Jordan basin. This is the Wady Eibah of Dr. Eobinson, " about half an hour north of Mejdel Yaba," which was supposed to be in continuation of the Wady rising on the edge of the Jordan basin at 'Ak- rabeh, and passing Kubalan ("Phys. Geog.," p. 100). The Palestine Exploration Survey connects Akrabeh and Kubilan with the fourth of this series.

The southern part of the northern division of the el 'Auja basin, is drained by the Wady Ballut and its feeders, the fourth of the series of streams uniting at Tell el Mukhmar. The heads of this Wady extend along the eastern waterparting of el 'Auja, in contact with the Jordan basin, from 'Akrabeh to the south of Beitin (Bethel), a direct distance of 15 miles. The principal channel runs from 'Akrabeh, south-westward, in a straight course to Kurawa ibn Zeid. It bears the names of Wady Bushanit and Wady Ishar ; and all the drainage between 'Akrabeh and Bethel flows into it at the three follow- ing points (1) Near Yetma, the Wady er Burnt falls in from Jurish, Kusra, and Jalud. (2) At Khurbet Keis, the Wady el Kub unites an intricate system of valleys as follows : From Eh Sawieh, a channel descends south-westward to el Lubban, and joins the Wady el Kub at Abwein. At Lubban this channel receives the Wady Seilun with branches from Kuriyut, Shiloh, and Turmus Ay a. Between Lubban and Abwein another wady falls in from Sinjil ; and at Abwein another descends from Jiljilia. (3) At Karawa ibn Zeid, a long and winding wady comes down from the eastern water- parting which it drains from Sinjil to Beitin, as follows : A series of valleys rising between Beitin and Abu Kush unite at Ain Sinia, and run on northward to 'Attara. At the east of 'Attara, Wady en Nimr falls in from Tell Asur on the south- east, after receiving a wady traversed by the Jerusalem Eoad from Kh. Kefr Ana on the south ; and also the Wady el Jib from the north-east near Sinjil. From 'Attara the main wady proceeds to Ajul, Deir es Sudan, and Karawa ibn Zeid.

From Kurawa, the Wady Ballut zigzags westward to el Kefr (alt. 1,290 feet), Deir Ballut (alt. 895 feet), and Mejdel