Clergyman and ornithologist H. B. Tristram (1822 1906), an early
supporter of Darwin, became both a Fellow of the Royal Society and
Canon Residentiary of Durham. His literary career began with an
account of his ventures into the desert of Algeria, where he had
journeyed seeking a salubrious winter climate. This 1873 volume,
one of his many popular works on the Biblical Lands, records his
adventures and discoveries east of the Dead Sea. Its engaging
narrative recounts the hazards and vexations of travel amongst the
local tribes, as well as the sites Tristram visited, many of them
biblical (with corresponding quotations from scripture), and many
previously unvisited by Europeans. (Tristram's The Fauna and Flora
of Palestine was subsequently published by the Palestine
Exploration Fund and laid the foundations of systematic biological
research in Palestine.) This book thus illuminates the complex
interactions between religion, archaeology, and the natural
sciences in the period.
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