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District (Second Trip)
Djebel il Ḥâss

From Djebel Rîhā we moved the camp to the
north passing through the plain along the
eastern slope of the Djebel Bārîsha to Kiftîn
where we camped for the night and then moved
in crossing the south western section of the
Djebel Ḥaluḳa and passing through Sermedā
into the low northern foothills of the Djebel Bārîsha
camping at Bābisḳa from which point we visited
several ruins in the district which we had seen
before and others which we had not seen.

From here after a stay of five days we started
Eastward passing first to the S.E. and retracing
the Roman road that crosses the Djebel Ḥaluḳa
from the Dânā plain to Kefr Kermîn.
We then turned eastward to Kinnisrin where we
found a large mound with remains of a great
wall about it and foundation walls of great buildings
all over the top where marble fragments and bits
of mosaic show the former existence of fine structures.

About the foot of the mound were other fragments and
remains of the wall of the lower city. History short
of excavations however will avail at ancient Colchis.