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Dâna November 24, 1899

From the monument we rode for an hour
over the plain to Dâna where we were
to camp. The town, which is now the site
of a fair sized village, must originally
have been of considerable extent; but it
is now completely ruined, only a small
portion of the walls of the church and a single
monumental tomb remaining in situ.

The church is now so consealed by
houses which have been built about it, within
and without that it is impossible to
find out anything about its plan or
superstructure. All the private houses
of the ancient town have been destroyed
but a number of door lintels and jambs are
to be seen built into modern made buildings.
Two of the lintels bear inscriptions giving
dates [blank] (W.K.P. insc [blank]) neither is in situ.

Tomb. The tomb is the only well preserved
monument of the place - It stands to
the north of the village, above a number