a name common to three cantons of Palestine. The first lay between Mount Tabor and the sea of Tiberias; the second between the city of Caesarea of Palestine, and Joppa; and the third lay beyond Jordan.

To give an idea of perfect beauty, Isaiah said, the glory of Lebanon and the beauty of Carmel must be joined to the abundance of Sharon. (Isaiah xxxiii. 9. xxxi. 2.) The plains of Sharon are of vast extent; and, when surveyed by the Abbé Mariti a few years ago, they were sown with cucumbers; and he informs us, that such a number is annually produced, as not only to supply the whole neighbourhood, but also all the coasts of Cyprus and the city of Damietta. In the middle of the plain, between Arsus and Lydda, rises a small mountain, upon the ridge of which there is a small village called Sharon, from the name of the ancient city whose king was conquered by Joshua.