Caption:in the grove of cedars, lebanon. The group of cedars occupies the top of a hill with five culminating points of various sizes. The rock on which the trees grow is white limestone and the decaying spines, cones, and other matter have formed a dark-coloured soil. In the background rise the snow-covered peaks of Dahr el Kodib: the highest point is ten thousand and fifty feet above the sea-level.}} An 1881 engraving of the cedars of Lebanon.