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226 * Petra, 85, 179, 211.
 * Philistia, 145.
 * Phœnix dactylifera (date palm), 38, 71, &c.
 * Pholades, 22.
 * Pi-hahiroth, 185.
 * Pilgrims, 73.
 * Pisidium, 181.
 * Plain, cities of the, 118, 165.
 * Pliocene period, submergence during, 186.
 * Ploughing with camels, 139.
 * Pluvial period, evidences for, 182.
 * Pococke, Mr., 52.
 * Pompey's Pillar, 14.
 * Post, Dr. Gr. E., explorations of, 38, 181.
 * Pyramids, 16.

Raised Sea Bed, Akabah, 78, 181.

Salt Sea, 132, 180.

Suez, 33.

Wâdy es Sheriâh, 140.

Ramleh, 148, 173.

Rás Sufsàfeh, 51, 187,

Red Sea, former extent of, 37.

passage of the Israelites, 185.

Retama rœtem, 112.

Ring-dove, the, 112.

Robinson, Dr., 75, 106, 134.

Rock salt, mountain of, see J. Usdum.

Rolands, Rev. J., quoted, 188.

Rose of Jericho, 48.

Roziere, 31.

Russeger, M., 178.

Salt Sea, 1, 97, 178, 180, 182, 216, 217.

Salvadora Persica, 112.

Samrat Fiddân mountain, 100, 183, 212.

Sand hills in Philistia, 145.

lizard, 66.

Santolina fragrantissima, 48.

Schweinfurth, Dr., quoted, 21, 22, 182.

Serabit el Jemel, 38.

Khadim, 42, 201.

Serbal, 41.

Seyal Acacia, 112.

Sharks, 72.

Sheikh Ali, 67.

Arari, 87, 110, 126, 214.

Hamzi, 127.

Ibn Mudjelli, 116, 128.

Mohammed Ibn Jhad, 07.

Seyd, 115.

Sinai, mountains of, 31, 48, 52, 17, 187.

Sinaitic peninsula, flora of, 47.

Smyth, Prof. Piazzi, 19, 21.

Snails (Helix Seetzeni), 135.

Sodom, 165.

apples of, 112.

Solanum Sodomœum, 112, 165.

Solomon, Gardens of, 156.

Pools of, 155.

Sphinx, 20.

Temple of, 20.

St. Catherine, Convent of, 52.

Stanley, Dean, the late, 52, 75.

Suez Canal, silting up of, 12.

Sugar, cultivation of, 163.

Sultan's Spring, 161.

Sweetwater Canal, 26.

Syene, granite of, 20.

Taset Bisher mountain, 32.

Tel Abu Hareireh, 139, 218.

Tel-el-Fara, 219.

Kebir, 26.

Milh (Moladah), 136, 218.

Terabîn Arabs, 215.

Terraces of Ain Abu Beweireh, 99, 180.

the Jordan, 162.

Tertiary period, 184.

Tides, rise and fall of, 72.

Tîh, escarpment of, 28, 62, 178.

Towâra, tribe of Arabs, 25, 65.

Tristram, Dr., quoted, 53, 100. 129, 134, 137, 155, 162, 167, 178, 182.

Trumbull, Dr., quoted, 82, 188.

Turf-er-Rukn, 65, 206.

Turquoise mines, 43.

Turtur risorius, 112.

Vignes, M., 75, 83, 178.

Vine of Sodom, 42.

Vulture, 32, 91.