[43] Jerboa, see a figure of it in the Appendix.
[44] Itin. Anton. p. 4.
[45] The north boundary of the Holy Land.
[46] It is a post where a party of men are kept to receive a contribution, for maintaining the security of the roads, from all passengers.
[47] Ezek. chap. xxvi. ver. 5.
[48] Mrs Bruce died in 1784.
[49] The nucta, or dew, that falls on St John’s night, is supposed to have the virtue to stop the plague. I have considered this in the sequel.
[50] Strabo, lib. xiv. p. 781.
[51] It is called Mamilho.
[52] Newton’s Chronol. p. 183.