Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-21

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In summing up the results Of the Geo-
graphical explorations OF 1913, 81 the
meeting in New lofk OF the American
Geographical society, Judge Ddly shil
The explorations III jerusalem occupied
nearly three years. snai's were sunk
below the present Guy IN various plaees
to considerable ueplu, ana discoveries
were made OF ext, nsiVe snoltrraheau
passages ana galleries, Winning aque-
ducts ana canas, winch were cut III 'ue
solid rock chamorre, Grams, sewer,
wells and tanks. A stream oil tuhh,ue
water was found, showing lhat fountains
exist far below the surface, ana are SUI
running, a circumstance OF interest," az
there is now dearlh oil water III Jeru-
I
inscriptions In the fheneclau charac-
tiers In red paint were found upon VANS,
and many objects OF interest were
gathered, such al lamT s,potteryiwelshls'
seals, gems, and sepa'chra CHESTS some
of them very beautiful, containing human
remains. An a'tempt was ulaue t' ue-
termine the exact pos,t,on OF ptr's OF lir
Temple aud the sue OF SOLOMON r",u,ei
but while the Investigations nave hau inc
effects OF dlslurblhg many OF the previous
theories as 10 the precise Iocnl'y OF
places, they nave not ct Oeeh sun 'n'iJ
certain to remove doubts or TO dispense
with iurther INQUIRY Mueh uas Ger
talnly been ADDED 10 our kho"it use u
the ancient city, Out II must DC admitted
In view OF the stlne' labor ana money
that nave Deem EXPENDED, tnht tue Iesuils
have not been as great as was expected
for H. reasons already stated.
During the three years that the eX-
plorstions in Jerusalem were in progress
Captain Warner made several reeonnols
sauces into Inc interior. ne nr'l was
to the plains OF Phillstia, lying between
Judea and the Mediterranean, me land
of the ancient Phiiistians. Here ne
found fertile soil neglected, the tXist,
; ence Of which Is threatened ny tne SAND
' advancing against Il. One OF MS o'J'''r
n was to ascertain the site OF the ely OF
J., Gerar, where Isaac lived, but he ia!led
to hud any evidence OF Il. lie visited
e GeES, one of the most ancient cities IL
e the world, which Was IN existence In III
Il time Of Abraham, and fixed the site o
Il the ancient city as nearer to the Med
" iterrauean than the present one, whlel
II is three miles from it.
u He also made researches in the countr.
N about Ascalon. Hlsnext reconnaissance
was in the comparatively unknown regiol
east of the Jordan, where he fixed til
n latitude aBd Ion gitude of many places
10 and took great number of Photograph
s. Of ruins, temples, tombs, etc. II Is
a, country Of ruins. They are, he says
eu everywhere. Over a tract Of four mile
OF square there was neVer-ending suecei
sion Of runs. On every rising groun
there had teen Village, and On ever
hill top a temple. lie found In q
NJ pointed arches proof that domtsIicat,
~ people lived here after tie fall OF Il
NV Roman empire.
al Il is now occupied only by The B-doui
eas HE visit was too short to enable MIN
i.I accomplish much. The region is the 81
~ now undertaken by the American Soclri
'se His third expedition was An exp,orallt
-ht OF the JORDAN III " ultu nc NfAb Nv %
re- o%aE Of ,GS rger @nu eturb b, yo
VIC esuecially with reference TO further II
ma veys. His las! reconnaissance was
are Lebuuou, and was chiefly devoted
bid sketching aud measuring temples aud {
In. examination OF Mount HermOu, Of viii
an elaborate Investigation was made.
ny The survey Of the peninsula OF Sin
hey undertaken by Prof. Palmer and
of Drake, is thus summed ups
No l. That this peninsula was the sceue
the events r, corded in the history OF
'loh Exodus. and its examination has cerlai
furnished remarkable confederation
the trnthfuness and ACCURACY Of
Biblical history.
the Q. That the country Is extremely "
ting and rugged that il has Que of the m
sinh. complicated systems Of drainage in
world. aud that the present bArrcnn
and desoation are due to neglect I
-" formerly II was wen wooded H., mount
slues .s' ,a,,nla,ad i' ga n,iii1oJ and +
The tbls fertility lasted until conlparati,
have modern times.
con & That label Musa is undoubtedly
AN ani mount where The law was delivered
ears form, position aud the surrour ding I
10. that the multitude assembled to liste
mug the words of Moses. This last con
Iown sion Is disputed hy the learned DR.. -
b, en- VINO saws mat Mount Sinai is lurlh,
NJ. the northeast, In lie desert in the Wei
''e' OF the Gulf Of Akabah, and he T.
n. at collecting a fund in England to eu
- him to 20 out and search for IT,
argues that Mount Sinai, from tie
4 the connt of il in the Bible. must have
> the AN active volcano in the time Of
VIM Fyodn. which he thinks is row ext
Rv an arrangement with the Nm
a'ioh sorietv The conntry living est of
have Jordan and of the Red s,p. has beer
little d.rtaken bv the American Pale.tinc
-,orv rIorstinn Sncietv. IL embraces the
n pa'rstInr where ia least knowp. A
hhes in tarltorial eutent three tir,es as ere
" for he country surveyed by The EnyIiel
that ahon,,ds In rims inscrintions and al
81, ~ or,,,t interest and n. tynloratior
only OF gre ln,et ,S snu ~ "a o.T' og
hough not onIv pnon BIbllcaI history. but
eeriul H. Snr,y, III tis,dry a1 ma wbye 49,,
their iyIng midway between Ancient A.
and Egvut II was here Tint the VI,