Show OAK MARKS VENERATED SPOT tree planted where abraham erected altar to the lord has been carefully preserved it Is recorded that when abraham was as promised the lie possession of tho lanil land of canaan and was commanded t to a i alk through tile the land lie removed ills his tent lent and nd carne came and avelt in the plain of BIH maiaro nire which Is in klebron and built there ati an to t alio lie lord tills spot Is still marked by a great oak ink venerated alike by christian jew and mohammedan it Is to this ills protection that one must attribute its preservation in a region clear denied of almost nil all trees by the lie lin provident pro turk the species Is not lint uncommon lit in palestine till and major portal Ii ial alle stationed tit at general headquarters qu aiters of the lIrI tIsh army there sent to new kew gardens s it small box of booms which were mere recognized fig as the fruit of Ab tree sir joseph hooker visited alio spot pot in 1810 1840 anil anal w nied 0 o seccie n spec clinen tinen of the wood for kew but no one would cut off it a bough it ws was only when we thes snow which N visited jerusalem in ili 1850 and nil which did riot not spare ll ebron had b broken do down v it oneff one of the oaks branches he was able to secure a portion of it which Is to be seen to tills this lay day in one of the new kew museums hut but it more practical fahne awaits the tree for it Is with w I 1 th it that the lie arlan Syr trill forests will probably be rehabilitated lit in tile the bright era em which lit in dawning dawn lii now that the turk no longer rules the land |