Smith wrote in his book The Historical Geography of the Holy Land: “Sometimes we enjoyed our noonday rest beside one of those Judæan wells, to which three or four shepherds come down with their flocks.
جورج اسمیت در مورد مشاهدات شخصی خود در کتابی به نام « جغرافیای تاریخی سرزمین موعود » (‏ انگل‍ .‏ )‏