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Northern ' Agin. By Gottleib Schumacher. (Alex. P. Watt.)— This

is a volume published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The district described is part of that anciently known as Decapolis. It lies to the south-east of the Sea of Galilee. About forty years ago it was effectually pacified by the Turkish Government, which absolutely exterminated the Bedouin tribe, the 'Arab es-Sa'kidi, which had been the principal offender. It is now a tolerably prosperous region. Herr Schumacher had only one serious reason to complain of bad treatment from the Sheikhs. The offender in this instance was imprisoned. Some interesting accounts of the antiquities of this region are given us, especially of the ruins of two theatres and a basilica on a site identified with the ancient Gadara.