Submitted by scott on Mon, 05/06/2013 - 23:40

September 14, 1867: Ayn al Fījah. Beautiful stream in a chasm, lined thick with pomegranate, fig, olive and quince orchards, and nooned an hour at the celebrated Balaam’s Ass Fountain of Figia, second in size in Syria, and the coldest water out of Siberia -- guide-books do not say Balaam’s ass ever drank there

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33.616401672363, 36.18159866333

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Innocents Abroad

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