[71] Jos. de Bel. lib. v. cap. xiii. § 2. and Ib. cap. iv. 2.
[72] Dr. Dalton, from England.
[73] 1 Kings, chap. xviii.
[74] [The Earl of Chatham.—Author.]
[75] A Turkish weapon, like a broad dagger, but usually about a foot in length.
[76] Mohammed Ali got possession of Damascus without resistance, in June, 1832.
[77] Or was intended to have, for it is doubtful whether this temple was ever finished.
[78] “City of the Sun”—the Greek name of Balbec. Balbec is Syriac, and means the Vale of Baal. Balbeit signifies the House of Baal.
[79] Vide “The Ruins of Balbec,” by Robert Wood.