Syrie: Syria

39. — 3. Âmrit . . . Tortose : coast towns considerably north of Beirut (cf. note, p. 40, Une 8).

39. — 10. Gébeil: anciently Gebal, now Jeheû, a city of N. Phœnicia, at the mouth of the river Adonis.

39. — 11. Maronite. The Maronites are a Syrian people of the Lebanon région, N.E. of Beirut. They are Catholics, although Turkish subjects, but hâve a somewhat independent ecclesiastical organization.

40. — 8. Beyrouth: BeinU, a large Syrian coast town, a little south of Jebeil. It is a very important centre of commerce and civilization and has a large European colony.

40. — 10. Salda: the ancient Sidon, a coast city, a little south of Beirut, and about equidistant from it and Tyr, the ancient Tyre.

40. — 22. Naplouse: anciently Neapolis, now Nâbulua, a considérable inland city about thirty miles north of Jérusalem.

40. — 28. Aser et Nephtali. Asher and Naphtali were two of the Hebrew tribes. Naphtali occupied territory east of Asher, in the région of the upper Jordan. The land of Asher lay along the coast.

41. — 2. Kasyoun (Kâsiûn): a mountain near the source of the Jordan.

41. — 4. G^nésareth: Gennesaret, the Sea of Galilée, now Lake of Tiberias, on the course of the upper Jordan.

41. — 13. Hennon: an imposing mountain mass inland east of Tyre.

41. — 18. l'armée: France, in 1860, intervened to protect the Syrian Ghristians from the Turks.

41. — 22. Chypre: Cyprus, a large Mediterranean island opposite the Syrian coast.