RIMA EL LOEHF.

[p.68]a church, whose roof is supported by three arches, which, like

those in the private dwellings, spring from the floor of the building.

Upon a stone lying near it I read [Greek]. Not far from the church, on

its west side, is another large edifice, with a rotunda, and a paved

terrace before it. Over the gateway, which is half buried, is the

following inscription:

[Greek]

From Kafer el Loehha we rode N. forty minutes, to a village called Rima

el Loehf, [Arabic] inhabited by only three or four Druse families. At

the entrance of the village stands a building eight feet square and

about twenty feet high, with a flat roof, and three receptacles for the

dead; it has no windows; at its four corners are pilasters. Over the

door is this inscription:

[Greek]

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