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April Thursday 20 1905
Dâr Kîtā day about as yesterday Barometer L. 28.08.
Broke camp. 8-17 going N. crossing steep wadi and well up opposite hill
side to 8-45 Khirbit Tēzîn a small ruined town with well preserved
church. Left 10-24 going N. draw E. side of a hill 10-32 Ḳasṛ Iblîsū
a small R. town on a shoulder projecting toward N. to few foot hills
and then plain - 2 churches, one standing one in foundations. Left 11-32
going E. down hill to small cultivated valley + then E. to E. S. E. up wadi
in which are remains of Roman Road to 'Ain Dilfeh, a R. town in wadi
widly scattered poor ruins on both side of road many signs of Arabic
occupancy. 2 Built fountains out of which burst springs of clear water
Left 12-15 following road up Wadi passing 12:30 Kasr il-Benât, a cluster of
ruined buildings well preserved with a high tower standing the
ruin of a large convent. Followed up wadi still on R. road which
in places is cut through the solid rock in ?(mins (approx. 10)
passing 2 inscriptions cut in the rock in recessed plate, one stating
that under Marcus Auralius Augustus the road was changed to a higher
level and the other dated in 6th century (588 AD) fixing the boundaries of
the country of the Kaprobaradi + the (?Biziki). In another
7 mins we branched up a wadi to the N.W. ascending in 20 mins
to a table land crossing this to N.N.W. arriving in another 15 mins
at Serdjibleh a ruined town class B. uninhabited but some
tents pitched near it and part of the table land under cultivation
in 3 mins we descended wadi winding to N.W. for 15 mins +
then up a steep rocky hills side to in 10 mins. Kfellūdîn, inhab.
by 3 or 4 families of Turksman a small ruin of a town but nothing
worth seeing. From there after lunching for 1 h 17m we rode to W. over
contd.