This work is translated from the Zeitschrift of the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land. We have to acknowledge with gratitude the permission accorded by the Committee of that Society to translate and reproduce the work with all its original illustrations. It will be found a worthy pendant to Captain Conder's works. The notes are mostly those furnished by Prof. Socin for the original edition. The spelling has been chiefly conformed to the usual practice in the published works of the Fund.