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Page 116
... hill to the left of the road from Jerusalem some three and a half hours from Ephesus . This hill slopes steeply towards Ephesus ; the city as one approaches it from the south - east seems to lie on rising ground immediately before one ...
... hill to the left of the road from Jerusalem some three and a half hours from Ephesus . This hill slopes steeply towards Ephesus ; the city as one approaches it from the south - east seems to lie on rising ground immediately before one ...
Page 118
... hill ; the ruined Mosque of the Sultan Selim stands near it in the plain ( this is built over the grave of St. John , and was formerly a Christian Church ) ; further toward you is the hill of Pion , around whose front is clustered all ...
... hill ; the ruined Mosque of the Sultan Selim stands near it in the plain ( this is built over the grave of St. John , and was formerly a Christian Church ) ; further toward you is the hill of Pion , around whose front is clustered all ...
Page 122
... hill , the roots of which are incrusted with a petrification of these waters , which might а be used in dyeing . The water now runs in channels about three feet wide , which are incrusted on each side to the thickness of about half a ...
... hill , the roots of which are incrusted with a petrification of these waters , which might а be used in dyeing . The water now runs in channels about three feet wide , which are incrusted on each side to the thickness of about half a ...
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