On leaving Chebron, on the level expanse situated towards the north,
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on the left, not far from the roadside, one comes upon a fair-sized pine-clad
hill at three miles distance from Chebron. From this pine grove
pines for firewood are transported by means of camels as far as
Jerusalem. Camels I say, for in all Judea, as Arculf relates, wagons,
or chariots even, are rarely found.