Land of Moab

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The circumstances under which the expedition, the results of which are narrated in the following pages, was undertaken, are sufficiently explained in the first chapter.<br><br>The object was a careful examination of the present state of a country frequently referred to in the Old Testament Scriptures, and intimately connected with Jewish history, but which has not been traversed at leisure by any explorer since the fall of the Roman empire.<br><br>That the journey has produced some results which may justify us for having disregarded the advice so earnestly given by the Palestine Exploration Fund to persons about to explore - Don't! To those who propose to raise any private expedition, we would say, Wait!* - it is hoped will be admitted on a perusal of the narrative.