Saida

The plain about Soor was rather barren of trees—this was one of its greatest defects—that of Saida is much better furnished.

Saida, like most of the towns on this coast, stands on a sandy point that projects out a short distance into the sea.

Our path lay through a sandy desert, about two miles in breadth, running parallel with the mountain-range from Saida to Beyrout.

Now I consider Sidon, or rather Saida, to have been so called from its abounding with saidi or saidan, viz.

Cosson1089 found natural woods of almond trees near Saida in Algeria.