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| General View of Lower Galilee | 214 | ||
| Its basins, lowlands, ranges, uplands, plains, and scenery. | |||
| The Highlands of Samaria and Judea. | |||
| Introductory | 215 | ||
| The Geographical analysis of these mountains impracticable before the present Survey. Dr. Robinson's aims and labours. The new Survey now supplies the materials. Five divisions adopted. | |||
| The Northern Samaritan Hills | 216 | ||
| The North Eastern base. The Western face. The Eastern face. The northern and southern division distinctly marked. The eastern end of the dividing line indicated. The features on either side contrasted. The Wady el Ifjim. The eastern side of the northern part described. The prolongation of the dividing line described westward to the sea, from Wady el Ifjim, through the Plain of Salim, the Nablus gap, Wady esh Shair or Zeimer, and Nahr Iskanderuneh. The northern escarpment of the northern part, and its summit. Mount Gilboa or Jebel Fukû'a. Double Summits in the south. Three spurs at northern end. Broad western branch and lesser spur. Abrupt eastern slope. Elevated lateral valleys. Valley of Jelbon. The contortions of the waterparting. Valleys of el Mughair and Raba. Southern boundary indicated by the drainage. Summary view of the western division of the Northern Samaritan Hills in six sections. Connected plains. Routes. | |||
| The Southern Samaritan Hills | 224 | ||
| The Southern limit. The Eastern Side contrasting the Southern with the Northern Hills. Eastward projection of the waterparting. Merj Sia. Eastern side also contrasted with the next section on the south. Elevated lateral valleys. Jehir 'Akrabeh with upper and lower terraces. Wady Nasir. Wady ed Duba and Wady el Merajem. The Western Side. Undulating plateau. Western and Eastern altitudes. Plain of Mukhnah. Wady Ishar. Interior ranges. Wady Kanah. Falik Hills. | |||
| The Mountains of Judea. (1) Northern Group | 229 | ||
| Northern limits. Mount Ephraim. Summit of Northern Slope, culminating points. Shebtin heights and valleys. Lateral communications. Southern limits. Five Parallel ranges. Isolated hills in the Plain of Sharon. | |||
| The Mountains of Judea. (2) The Jerusalem Group | 231 | ||
| Separation of the Mountains and Lowland Hills, on the south of Wady Malakeh. Wady el Muslib. Wady el Mikteleh. "Valley of Ajalon. Interruption and recurrence of Meridional valleys at Yalo. Wa v dy en Najil. Wady es Sur. Hills and Mountains distinguished by altitudes. Plains of el Jib and Rephaim, or the Western Plateau of Jerusalem. Southern limits of the group. The low hills of this group distinct from the Shephelah. (1) Western Slope from Jerusalem Plateau. (2) Southern or Middle Slope. (3) Eastern or Jordan Slope. The Plain of Bukeia. Line of Eastern Summits. Eastern Plateau of Jerusalem. Middle Range. | |||
