CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.

Interest attached to the History of Palestine; Remarkable Character of

the Hebrew People; Their small Beginning and astonishing Increases; The

Variety of Fortune they underwent; Their constant Attachment to the

Promised Land; The Subject presents an interesting Problem to the

Historian and Politician; The Connexion with Christianity; Effect of this

Religion on the Progress of Society; Importance of the Subject to the

pious Reader; Holy Places; Pilgrims; Grounds for Believing the Ancient

Traditions on this Head; Constantine and the Empress Helena; Relics;

Natural Scenery; Extent of Canaan; Fertility; Geographical Distribution;

Countries Eastward of the Jordan; Galilee; Samaria; Bethlehem; Jericho;

The Dead Sea; Table representing the Possessions of the Twelve Tribes.