...remarks respecting the neighborhood of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. First, he observes, that although the mountains between Jerusalem and the Jordan, in...valley of the Jordan itself, and those around the basin of the Dead Sea, bear unequivocal evidence of volcanic agency, such ns disruptions, up-heavings,...

...between Jerusalem and the Jordan, in the valley of the Jordan itself, and those around the basin of the Dead Sea, bear unequivocal evidence of volcanic agency, such as disruptions, up-beavings, faults, &c., proofs of which agency are still notorious in the continual earthquakes,...

...which are found in the same neighbourhood. As Russegger, and Strabo long before him, justly remark, the mountains between Jerusalem and the Jordan, in...are still notorious in the continual earthquakes, hot springs, and formations of asphalt, but which do not belong to the same category as the volcanic...