The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-10-02
TN. Rock s,ni,ien Ia Horcb.

NlT. ituutcIi VI luC DyIla lulSSlon, sGnu.
ing to the Missionary II, use a copy OF
the following letter, written by him to
one of the professors at hndovcr, express.
es much confidence that "ihis is the
identical rock from whence flowed the
stream which quenched the thirst Of the
thousands of lsarcl )" and says "luturs
travellers will probably confirm his opin.
ion !" Hi.-rf
rl BEiBUT, Syria, May -.
Having recently returned from visit
to Mount Sinai, ] thought you would be
interested in the discovery of spring of
water under the cast side Of Mouut IIo-
rcb, which l cannot learn has been no.
ticcd by any traveller, who has written
on Sinai, but which is SO striking that
had il been seen, il would certainly have
been mentioned. In coming toward
Mount Horeb, we took the road followed
by Dir. Robinson, by Wady-cr- -Rahnh. =
On page 80 of the first volume Of his re-
searches, he says son the left of
Horeb, doop and narrow valley runs up
south southeast, between lofty walls, Of
rocf, as If in continuation OF the south
east corner OF the plain. Ifthis valley,
at the distance of nearly mile from the
plain, staLds the convent" f
On the east side Of this valley, and at
its entrance Is q small hill separated
from the mountain by a rond about one
hundred feet across, which travellers fol-
low in going TO the convent from Wady.
es-Sheikh, while those who 60 to the con-
vent by Wady-er-Rahuh pess on the
west side Of tho hill. On the south side
of this hill is the camping-ground, five
minutes rido to avoid a precip,tuous bank.
On arriving ut our camping-ground We ro-
qucsted our cameleers, before dispensing
TO our homes, to fill their barrels with
water. They said they would take two
Of them to spring where there was
reservoir. into which they would place
them. They pointed out to US tho direc
ton, on the " est side Of the valley, under
Horeb, and we perceived few trees at
that place. Toward evening told my
party that would 60 aud see whether
they had filled aud sunk the barrels in
the pool. The direction OF tho spring
was straight across the valley from the
camping ground. ri s1r1a Boa :,
Alter leaving the tents, ia about two
minutes ascended the ground where VIC
made the circuit, then passed down a
slight declivity, after which the ground
gradually rose until reached the spring.
in about ten minutes. by a rugged path
over largo boulders of Sinaite granite
Here was surprised TO lnd fine
spring Of pure water issuing from a rent
in the rock. The rent was in an oblique
direction, the highest part oil il on the
left, and s!oping down toward the right,
The lowest part of il was os high as u
mans head from the ground. Tho sur.
rounding rock is the soilcd red granite, Of
Sinai, smooth on the face and unbroken
by fssure or seam. The fssure is about
six feet long, four inches wide, FIVE inch
ss deep at the bottom, and twelve at the
top, and runs down into the rock parallel
with the perpendicular side OF the noun
tain, The water seems to issue about
two feet above the. bottom Of the rent,
flowing over the loves. part Of il in a
stream about the thickness Of a mans
fnRer. 'sHa2lf tHft
The reservoir is about twelve feet long
by Eve width, and four feet deep, and
was nearly full when l reached the place.