Northwards from Helia as far as the city of Samuhel, which is named
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Armathem, one sees at intervals rough and stony country, with thorny
valleys that spread as far as the region of Tamnis. Towards the west
however of the above-mentioned Helia and mount Sion, as far as Caesarea
in Palestine, one sees country of a different character. Now and again
indeed there are some rugged defiles, short and narrow, but for the most
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part one sees broad level plains, enriched here and there by olive groves.