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• Petra, 85, 179, 211.
• Philistia, 145.
• Phœnix dactylifera (date palm), 38, 71, &c.
• Pholades, 22.
• Pi-hahiroth, 185.
• Pilgrims, 73.
• Pisidium, 181.
• Plain, cities of the, 118, 165.
• Pliocene period, submergence during, 186.
• Ploughing with camels, 139.
• Pluvial period, evidences for, 182.
• Pococke, Mr., 52.
• Pompey's Pillar, 14.
• Post, Dr. Gr. E., explorations of, 38, 181.
• Pyramids, 16.

R.

• Raised Sea Bed, Akabah, 78, 181.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Salt Sea, 132, 180.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Suez, 33.
• Raised„ Sea„ Bed,„ Wâdy es Sheriâh, 140.
• Ramleh, 148, 173.
• Rás Sufsàfeh, 51, 187,
• Red Sea, former extent of, 37.
• Red Sea,„ passage of the Israelites, 185.
• Retama rœtem, 112.
• Ring-dove, the, 112.
• Robinson, Dr., 75, 106, 134.
• Rock salt, mountain of, see J. Usdum.
• Rolands, Rev. J., quoted, 188.
• Rose of Jericho, 48.
• Roziere, 31.
• Russeger, M., 178.

S.

• Salt Sea, 1, 97, 178, 180, 182, 216, 217.
• Salvadora Persica, 112.
• Samrat Fiddân mountain, 100, 183, 212.
• Sand hills in Philistia, 145.
• Sand„ lizard, 66.
• Santolina fragrantissima, 48.
• Schweinfurth, Dr., quoted, 21, 22, 182.
• Serabit el Jemel, 38.
• Serabit el„ Khadim, 42, 201.
• Serbal, 41.
• Seyal Acacia, 112.
• Sharks, 72.
• Sheikh Ali, 67.
• Sheikh„ Arari, 87, 110, 126, 214.
• Sheikh„ Hamzi, 127.
• Sheikh„ Ibn Mudjelli, 116, 128.
• Sheikh„ Mohammed Ibn Jhad, 07.
• Sheikh„ Seyd, 115.
• Sinai, mountains of, 31, 48, 52, 17, 187.
• Sinaitic peninsula, flora of, 47.
• Smyth, Prof. Piazzi, 19, 21.
• Snails (Helix Seetzeni), 135.
• Sodom, 165.
• Sodom,„ apples of, 112.
• Solanum Sodomœum, 112, 165.
• Solomon, Gardens of, 156.
• Solomon,„ Pools of, 155.
• Sphinx, 20.
• Sphinx„ Temple of, 20.
• St. Catherine, Convent of, 52.
• Stanley, Dean, the late, 52, 75.
• Suez Canal, silting up of, 12.
• Sugar, cultivation of, 163.
• Sultan's Spring, 161.
• Sweetwater Canal, 26.
• Syene, granite of, 20.

T.

• Taset Bisher mountain, 32.
• Tel Abu Hareireh, 139, 218.
• Tel-el-Fara, 219.
• Tel-el-„Kebir, 26.
• Tel-el-„Milh (Moladah), 136, 218.
• Terabîn Arabs, 215.
• Terraces of Ain Abu Beweireh, 99, 180.
• Terraces of„ the Jordan, 162.
• Tertiary period, 184.
• Tides, rise and fall of, 72.
• Tîh, escarpment of, 28, 62, 178.
• Towâra, tribe of Arabs, 25, 65.
• Tristram, Dr., quoted, 53, 100. 129, 134, 137, 155, 162, 167, 178, 182.
• Trumbull, Dr., quoted, 82, 188.
• Turf-er-Rukn, 65, 206.
• Turquoise mines, 43.
• Turtur risorius, 112.

V.

• Vignes, M., 75, 83, 178.
• Vine of Sodom, 42.
• Vulture, 32, 91.