The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-11-01
THE EVAPORATION OF PALESTINE.
The Holy Land Mapped Out from Dan
to Bcershcbn.

lhe hoiN hhuu Mappcu vut from pan
to BeershcbR.
W. Hcpworth Dixon, chairman of the
Palestine exploration fund, writes to
one of the London papers: [ have
great pleasure, in the name of the com
mite of this fund, to inform you that n
telegram has this day been received
from Lieut.. Kitchener, II. T., the officer
in command announcing the completion
of the scientific survey of western Pal
cstine. When that officer took ont the
party III January last there remained to
he done about one thousand square
miles OF northern Palestine, including
the greater portion of the province of
Galilee, aud two hundred miles in the
south, between GAIA and Beershcba.
The northern piece of country, begun
on the 9th of February last, was finish
ed on July the 10th. The whole of
this portion of the work, including the
map in sheets, the hill shading, and the
specials, was put together in the Lee
banon, and sent home by one of the
non-commissioned officers. 1t is now
under the charge of Lieut.. Condcr at the
society's working Office in the Royal
Albert hall. After Il short rest the cx-
petition proceeded to the south and
completed the small portion there wait
ing to be surveyed Lieut.. Kitchener
is now riding over the district already
surveyed in order to clear up on the
spot certain small difficulties which have
arisen in laying down the work at home.
We expect the party back in England
before the end of the year. The com
mittec, in making this gratifying an
nouncement, must express their sense
OF the zeal, ability, and vigor with which
their work has been conducted by the
officers of royal engineers placed at
their disposal by her maiesty's govern
ment during the last twelve years ill
cluding the names Of Maj. Wilson and
Capt. Anderson, the first officer sent out
by the society, and that of Capt. Wasscn,
the eXcavator OF Jerusalem. With the
exception of fifteen months in 1S75-'76
spent in office work; the survey has been
in active progress since its commence
mcnt in January, 1872 Its history
which remains to be written, and which
we hope to present to the world before
long, ahounds in records of events, ad
ventures, and escapes, rs well as of
solid and uninterrupted labor. At the
very beginning success was threatened
by the illness which compelled the Off
Ger who began the survey, Capt. Stew
art, to return to England. His place
was taken and the survey carried on by
Mr.. Tyrwhitt Drake until the arrival of
Lieut.. COnder. In the third year of
the survey, Mr. Drake fell victim to
the climate, exposure, and hard work
After his death Lieut.. Kitchener went
out to join the party as second in com.
mand. In the fourth year, July, 1875,
occurred the attack on the expedition ut
Safed, after which the party came home
and remained in England during the
necessary Office work until last January,
when Lieut. Kitchener. went out again
to complete the task now happily ac-
complishcd. We now hold in our hands
the materials of Il map which will give
the world such geography OF Palestine
as will make the topography of the
bible for the first time completely in
telligiblc. The map will consist of
twenty-six sheets, each to be accompa-
MED by its own memoir. These mem
oirs contain some thousands of names,
very MANY OF them of biblical places
heretofore not identified, together with
many of those found in Talmudic, early
Christian, and Crusading histories.
There are special detailed plans of the
most important ruins, and there is vast
mass of information on biblical subjects
which Lieut.. Conder is now reducing to
shape. As regards the future of the
society we have, rs our first duty. to get
our observations worked out, the map
drawing and hill shadingcompleted and
the memoirs finished. We are confident
that the support which has enabled us
to complete our survey will he continu-
ed until the map and the results of the
exploration are placed in the hands of
the public in nm available form.