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encompassed by wounttius, 10 (bat it seems to be situated in the middle of an amphitheatre. The walls nro ; about three miles in circumference*. Dr. Clarke, speaking of tbe appear-i ance of the city, says, “We tver not 5 prepared for the grandeur of the spec-\ tncle which it exhibited. Instead of - a wretched and ruined town, by some 1 described as the desolate remnant of 3 Jerusalem, we beheld ss it* were a ) j nourishing and stately metropolis, presenting a magnificient assemblage of domes, towers, palaces, churches,:! monasteries; all of which flitteringI in Hie sun’s raysj shono with iurenccit -[ nble splendor.n A more recent I isi ellor, Sir Frederick Hcnmker, pi'«s 5 the following account of Jerusa-* lem:, I The town is about a tnile in lengthII and half a mile in width. The best view of it is from the mount of Olives. It commands the exact shape, and nearly every particular, viz: the church of tho IHy sepulchre, Ihe,| Armenian convent, the mosque of Omar, St. Stephen’s Gat'1, the round topped houses, and barren vacancies of the city. Without the walls are a Turkisn burial ground, the tombsof David, a small grove near the tombs of the kings, and all the rest is a surface of rock, on which are a few numbered -trees. The mosque of Omar is the Saint Peter’s of Turkey, nn-1 the respective saints are held respectively by their own faithful, in equal operation. The building itsell has a light pagoda appearance, the gnulcn in which it stands, occupies a considerable* part of' the city; and con-*as d with the surrounding desert, is beautiful; but it is foibiileenground, and jjJew or Christian entering it must f.ufeit either his religion or his life. Lately as a traveller was entering the city, a man snntc»«f)d part o! his luggage from the, c^mcl, and fl*d here for eheh'i Afew days since a Greek Christian erirrul ihft.rnasqua; he w; s a 'JTirlcff ish subject, and servant io a Turk,: he was invited to change Ids religion, but refused, ned wna immediately' murdered bv the mob. His bod* remained exiles d in the street, ai d apassing Mu^sehrnn, kicked up the head e\c.aimlt;d-‘ 'I hatjia the wav: I would serve all Chris* an*.”The fountuin of Sib om is »o irf-J^considerahle, and water altogether* so scarce, that when irv friend, Mr. Grey, inquired the not to it, he. person refused to tell him. givinghim a* n ir«t*on,—“You will writeit in your book, and I vow ike.t ivn-shnll have no water * e\i y?ar ’The fotnb oi D/ivul is he.ld in great respect by iLe Turks, and to swear by it is one of their most sirred oaths.I he lomb of the kings is an irroiii'd—era hit* excavation it. the rod; ihiee small cliainheir. in \ihich ire *h« receptacles tu t:,e coffins; the lid ofa sarcophagus of tolerable workmanship, remain** vet unbroken, ai* also a Eton*1 door In '.hr V eldaoia, or Helri of hlo .d, •« a squa e building, l [ into which are thrown ilu bi nes of strangers who may happen to din there. This side of the mountain .gpock-marked with sepuhhiHl « mis,like tho lulls at Thojfcir coin truing these. Dr. Clarke haw m ,■* nu ** .i u. j The buriabplaco of tin Jeuiin rer the vallev of Kedrou, nnJ the Ices fop breaking the soil uffoid a consider »* Tit*1 i revenue for the Governor. The •lt; iub» j { of Jehosaphbt is respected; Hit tti i the toaib of Abs tlom ev* rv t\$\\ z,g he passes, throws u atone not tik •* ti nArab custom in so doing to .mp'Gi* i | ate a memory, but to ovei.-vvheln itwith reproach; among the tombs ir an ,] lOgypfian torus and uopjien, a *d a-nothm surmounted by * pyramid hia Giocianbuee, oi if iVm geniuses of the two countries bad men half iv ay
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