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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Jeremiah, xlix:19.)--'Behold, he shall come up
like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong.' This bridge is over the Hasbeiya branch of
the Jordan. The bridge is said to date to the time of the Romans, but it is thought to belong to a later date. It has a very
solid look and is in need of repairs, but one peculiarity of the Turk is that nothing with which he has to do is ever repaired.
The rock-paved roadway you see coming down to the bridge is the road along which we pass from the plain of Huleh to Cæsarea
Philippi. This is a wild and picturesque place, and the river underneath is fitly represented by Jeremiah in the sentence
'the swelling of the Jordan.' The Jordan here dashes down the steep descent, covering the shrubbery on the banks with its
spray. It passes in a channel nearly 200 feet deep." See 5271BAI/LVi189CAJS (Voyager # 360559)
Arched bridge of stone and the Jordan River
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