. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ile her fair and joyous maid-ens responded in chorus with voice and instrument, and fol-lowed in the merry dance. Unlike the veiled and seclusiveMoslem women, these fair daughters of Abraham were exceed-ingly afiable, and with open, happy faces bade us welcome tothe festive scene. Less than 500 yards from the Fountain of the Virgin, theTyropean Valley descends, dividing Mount Zion from
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ile her fair and joyous maid-ens responded in chorus with voice and instrument, and fol-lowed in the merry dance. Unlike the veiled and seclusiveMoslem women, these fair daughters of Abraham were exceed-ingly afiable, and with open, happy faces bade us welcome tothe festive scene. Less than 500 yards from the Fountain of the Virgin, theTyropean Valley descends, dividing Mount Zion from MountOphel, and intersecting the Vale of the Kidron. Its moiUhis fifty feet higher than the bed of the latter, and is reachedby verdant terraces. Two hundred and fifty feet up the val-ley, and situated in a nook in the mountain, is the Pool of Si-loam. The water flows from Marys Fountain, through an ir- 2 Sam., xviii., 18. ^ g^., xv., 20, 21. 94 FROM DAN TO BEEESHEBA. regular and semicircular stone conduit, conducting it into arectangular reservoir fifty feet long, fifteen broad, and nine-teen deep. The pool is constructed of masonry, now greenwith the moss of ages. In the southwest corner a flig-lit of. POOL OF BILOAM. Stone steps leads to the edge of the water. Though the west-ern side is much broken, yet time has dealt more gently withthe opposite portion, in which are six marble columns half im-bedded in the wall, apparently designed to support an archor roof over the fountain. In the centre of the pool is anameless column, with a buried base. In the northeast enda flight of steps leads down to a vaulted chamber excavatedin the rock, where the Avater is gathered, flowing in from theVirgins Fountain. From this reservoir it flows beneath the FliOM DAN TO BJEERSHEBA, 95 steps into the pool, where, having accumulated to the depthof three feet, it flills throngli an aperture into a subterraneanaqueduct, conducting it to the gardens of Siloani below. With luiusual accuracy the i
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