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Title: Holy Land, with glimpes of Europe and Egypt
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Phelps, S(ylvanus) D(ryden), 1816-1895. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (8th ed.) New Haven, C. C. Chatfield & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t by a German, I believe, named Hauser, whospeaks tolerable English, and charges only a quarterof a dollar for an extra cup of tea. On entering the Jaffa Gate, and passing through themassive wall, it was a thrilling thought that I was inthe City of the Great King, and on Mount Zion ! Onthe right was the Tower of David—the Hippicus ofJosephus—an ancient building resembling a castle,and is one of the few relics of the former city. AVewere now in the narrow paved Street of David, filledwith a motley crowd of Arabs, Turks and Franks,intermingled with camels and donkeys, among whichwe worked our way as best we could. Going east-ward and descending the hill for a short distance, weturned to the left into Patriarch Street, a dirty lane,with small shops on each side, and in a short timewere at our hotel on the left. Ascending two or threenights of stairs, and going over a portion of the roofof the building, and then descending a few stonesteps, I was at length conducted to- my room. Look-
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VIEW FROM THE HOUSE TOP. 225 ing out at the west window, I saw, directly beneath,the ancient Pool of Hezekiah, an immense tank ofwater, about two hundred and fifty feet long and onehundred and fifty wide, with the Greek convent onthe north of it. This great reservoir corresponds tothe account that Hezekiah made a pool and a con-duit, and brought water into the city. I lost little time in ascending to the roof, for a viewof the city and its surroundings. u Jerusalem isbuilded as a city that is compact together. It occu-pies a high broad eminence, and is surrounded on allsides, but the northwest, by deep valleys. The west-ern part of the city is considerably higher than theeastern. The wall enclosing the city is lofty, and ofan imposing appearance, its entire circuit being abouttwo miles and a half. The four sides, though notregular, are easily made out, and nearly face the car-dinal points. Mount Zion, much the largest elevationin the city, embraces its south-western portion. Eastof th

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