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March Saturday 11 1905

Shêkh 'Alī Kāsûn 7:00 A.M. Temp. 41º Baro. L. 27.875
clear with few stratus or comulus, calm to light rai. Beautiful day.
Left camp 8:15, arrived Temek 9:02. a small town with some
10 familites of settled Bedouin and remains of B. Basalt cut stone
and foundations. a tower with 3 walls standing (N.W.E.)
inside of which is Greek [unclear] inscription apparently pagan, 6
Greek inscripions inclusive found in town only one of which is dated
date being 559 AD. at least one large ancient building arched [unclear] of dwelling
built of more ancient material & now used for dwelling purpose.
[space] Left 11:12 arrived 11:33 Umm it Tuwêneh, a small settlement of some
20 Bedouin families, cut stones & fouundations rain[?] of church date 539 B. basalt - 3 motifs[?]
one dated 566 A.D. Lunched and left at 1:10 crossing small valley to N.
arriving at well in valley from which people of it-Tuwêneh get their
water at 1:26. Left 1:37 arrived Narrā 2:10 a small settlement of Moelemo[?]
owned by a man in Hâmā. cut stones & foundations like the previous 2
towns, and also ruins of 2 churches, one of which must have been quite
fine[?], large cut stones and grape vine carving on [unclear] [unclear[ in situ - walls practically
all down. N . door lentil[?] dated 5[?] ins. 599 a.D. Foundations partly [unclear]
in tact. To the W. by N. some 100 yrds. the foundations of another church
not so fine same date, and W. of the 2nd church some 30ft. is a convent tower
with wall partly standing. The natives say[crossed-out] told us that there was an
inscription[?] carved by a man of devine[?] in front of an arched entrance on
the E. side. It would naturally be on the lentil but we did not excesuate[?] for it
altogether 11 G.[?] ives were formed six of which were dated. Datis 470 [?] 599
Left Narrā 4:35 arrived 5:25 il-Habbât foundation remains only of a poorly
built town covering several acres, and foundations and cut stones some with[crossed-out]
(con'td. on next page Mar. 12th)