THE CHRISTIAN ARMY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JUDEA
Book IV.. Joseph-Francois Michaud .. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades

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THE CHRISTIAN ARMY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JUDEA

In going from Lydda the Crusaders approached the mountains of Judea. These mountains on which Jerusalem is situated, do not resemble those of Taurus or Lybia ; the bluish summits of the Judean range have nether verdure nor shade, and its solitudes have no other inhabitant than the bear and the gazelle, the eagle and the vulture. Their physiognomy has something of the sadness of Israel, and recalls the austere and melancholy poetry of the prophets. The christian army advanced through a narrow valley, between two mountains burning with the rays of the sun. The route which it followed had been cut into gullies by torrents of rain, which had also lossened large masses of rock, and these descending into the valley, choked the narrow passages. In such difficult situations a few Mussulmans would attack and kill many of the Crusaders. - Book IV

*Notes; page 322 Vol II

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