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CONTENTS.


Preface.
Limits of the Survey; Area; and Time devoted to it. The results. The Large Map. The Reduced Map. Special Plans of Towns, etc. Memoirs. General Index. Three editions of the Reduced Map. Character of the Survey. Its extension urged. The New Survey and former Maps.
 
The Survey of Western Palestine. Introduction. The Outline of the Map: Waterways, Basins, Waterpartings, and Watersheds. The Survey included in two Great Watersheds, that of the Mediterranean Sea on the West, and that of the Jordan on the East. The Orography: Lowlands and Highlands.

PART I.
THE MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED. page
The Basin of Nahr Kasimiyeh. Outfall, 33° 20' 16" N. Lat 9
The Southern Waterparting. Wady Hajeir. Wady Selukieh. Wady 'Aizakaneh. Rectifications of former Maps. Two classes of Basins. Out of 30 Basins along the Coast, only four drain the Upper Plateau of the Interior.
The Basin of Hubeishyeh. Outfall, 33° 17' 17" N. Lat. 12
The Waterparting. Former Names and Misrepresentations. Two Main Channels: the Hubeishiyeh draining the centre and south, and the Humraniyeh draining the northern part. Wady Ashûr. Wady el Ma. Castle of Tibnin or Toron.
The Basin Of Wady El Ezziyeh, And Minor Basins On The North. Outfall of Wady el Ezziyeh, 33° 11' 40" N. Lat. 14
Position. Previous inaccuracy of the Minor Basins. Wady el 'Akkâb. Wady Nettarah. Contracted Limits of the Lower Part. Expansion of the Upper part. Waterparting. Jebel Adâther. Khurbet Belât. Tell Belt. Rectifications of former Works.