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65 HULEH PLAIN. ETC. WADY EL HIND A J. 65

which enters the lake through the southern edge of the marsh. This wady does not impinge on the Mediter- ranean waterparting, but is divided from it by the next ; and as a rule only those wadys will be noticed separately here- after, which are in contact with the Mediterranean basins.

THE BASIN OF WADY EL HINDAJ.

The western side of Lake Huleh receives one wady from the Mediterranean parting, and two which are divided from it. The first is known in its lower part as the Wady el Hindaj. On the north the waterparting commences on the edge of the lake at Tell Abalis, and touches on the plateau of Kedes, passing the southern extremity of the Kasimiyeh basin on its way to Marun er Ras (alt. 3,035 feet). Turning southward, the basin of the Hindaj, runs with the Ezziyeh basin between Marun er Eas and Sasa. From Sasa the boundary of the Hindaj ascends to the top of Jebel Jurmuk (alt. 3,934 feet), the culmi- nating summit of Galilee. Here the Hindaj adjoins the Medi- terranean basin of Wady el Kurn. After descending the north- eastern slope of Jebel Jurmuk, the boundary goes towards Ras el Ahmar, and reaches Lake Huleh at et Teleil. Between Jebel Jurmuk and Ras el Ahmar, the Hindaj basin runs with the northernmost part of the Wady Amud or Safed basin, which falls into the Sea of Galilee. Eastward of Ras el Ahmar, it is bounded by the minor basin of Wady Shebabik. This basin is more fully noticed in pp. 185 to 188.

The basin of Wady el Hindaj includes the village of el Jish, the ancient Giscala (alt. 2,370 feet), and also those of Farah (alt. 2,160 feet), Salhah, 'Alma, and Deishun. The biblical sites of Edrei and Hazor are reputed to be in this basin, at Hadireh and el Khureibeh.

MINOR BASINS WAD SHEBABIK, &c.

The Wady Shebabik is the most northerly of a series of minor basins which are divided from the Mediterranean Slope by the basin of Wady Amud or Safed. It is followed by Wady Musheirefeh, properly Loziyeh, and both fall into Lake Huleh. At Kh. Benit, between the heads of Shubabik