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WADY ROWYD.
there are Anzeyrys in Anatolia and at Constantinople. Some
years since a great man of this sect died in the mountain of Antioch, ¬
and the water with which his corpse had been washed was
carefully put into bottles and sent to Constantinople and Asia
Minor.
March 1st.—The weather having cleared up a little, we set out
early, and in an hour and a half reached the top of the mountain,
from whence we enjoyed a beautiful view to the east over the
whole plain, and to the W. and S. towards Hossn and the Libanus.
Hamah bore E. N. E. and Kalaat Maszyad N. by E. The castle
of Hossn bore S. S. W. This part of the mountain is called Merdj
Do) or Dhaheret Hadsour („ 52). On the top
there is fine pasturage, with several springs. To the left, half an
hour, is the high point called Dhaheret Koszeir, where is a ruined
castle ; this summit appears to be the highest point of the chain.
the summit, on the western declivity, is the copious spring called
NearAyn Kydrih ). In two hours we came to the village ¬
Hadsour, on the western side of the mountain, with the Mezar
Sheikh Naszer. The country to the west of the summit belongs to
the government of the district of Hossn. We now descended into
the romantic valley Rowyd (), full of mulberry and other fruit
trees, with a torrent rolling in the bottom of it. At the end of two
hours and three quarters is the village Doueyrellin (,s), on the
E. side of the Wady; on its W. side, in a higher situation, stands the
village El Keyme; and one hour farther, to the S. of the latter, on
the same side, is the village El Daghle (des). We crossed the Wady
at the foot of the mountain, and continued along its right bank, on
the slope of the mountain, through orchards and fields, till we arrived ¬
at the foot of the mountain upon which Kalaat el Hossn is
built. Our horses being rather fatigued, we sent them on to
Deir Djordjos, (the convent of St. George), where we intended
