From Dan to Beersheba / A Description of the Wonderful Land, with Maps and Engravings and a Prologue by the Author Containing the Latest Explorations and Discoveries

Chapter 20: Transcriber’s Notes.

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The book offers a detailed travelogue and topographical survey of Palestine, combining descriptions of landscapes, cities, and antiquities with accounts of religious sites and local customs. It maps terrain from northern to southern regions, explains hill and valley formations, and examines notable locations in and around Jerusalem, including temple precincts, sacred mounts, and ancient quarries. The narrative records observations of architecture, inscriptions, tombs, and ruins alongside contemporary urban life, sectarian communities, and liturgical ceremonies. Interwoven are reflections on biblical traditions, the credibility of local identifications, and archaeological evidence, supported by maps, engravings, and comparative testimonies to illuminate the land's historical and spiritual contours.

Transcriber’s Notes.

The following corrections have been made in the text:
1 –	‘assurring’ replaced with ‘assuring’ (assuring him of the charge)
2 –	‘Pilot’ replaced with ‘Pilate’ (in which Pilate held his “Judgment Hall.”)
3 –	‘househould’ replaced with ‘household’ (if the household be too little)
4 –	‘28,000’ replaced with ‘2,800’ (Having an elevation of 2,800 feet)
5 –	‘Hanor’ replaced with ‘Hamor’ (at the hand of the children of Hamor,)
6 –	‘soliel’ replaced with ‘soleil’ (the fatal coup de soleil)
7 –	‘impotrant’ replaced with ‘important’ (one of the most important cities)
8 –	‘exacitude’ replaced with ‘exactitude’ (with greater exactitude, says)
9 –	‘fail’ replaced with ‘fall’ (and fall in early winter;)
10 –	added omitted volume reference ‘b. xv.,’ (Josephus, Anti B., b. xv., c. iv.)
11 –	‘lxxviii’ replaced with ‘xviii’ (Josephus, Antiq., b. xviii., c. v.)