. "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 .... ters,this is the nearest point of approach to which they are allowedto come, and even for a boon so humble Mohammedan cupid-ity demands an exorbitant sum. Unparalleled in their history,seldom have a people been treated with such unmitigated cru-elty as the Jews. From the time of Adrian to the age ofConstantine they were exi^elled from Jerusalem, and it wasonly by the clemency of the la
. "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 .... ters,this is the nearest point of approach to which they are allowedto come, and even for a boon so humble Mohammedan cupid-ity demands an exorbitant sum. Unparalleled in their history,seldom have a people been treated with such unmitigated cru-elty as the Jews. From the time of Adrian to the age ofConstantine they were exi^elled from Jerusalem, and it wasonly by the clemency of the latter emperor that they Avere per-mitted to behold their native city from the neighboring hills;and it was by bribing the Roman guard that they at lengthgained admission to Jerusalem once a year, on the anniversaryof its capture by Titus, to weep over the ruins of their fallenTemple. Though now suffered to dwell within the walls of thecity, it is instant death to a Jew to cross the threshold of thesacred inclosure. From the beginning of the twelfth centuryActs, iv.,6. 2 lb., v., 34. FROM DAN TO BEEESHEBA. 59 it has been their custom to linger avonnd these ancient stonesand make their complaint to JEWS PLACE OF WAUJIIO. It was two oclock on a lovely Friday afternoon when, forthe first time, I threaded the narrow streets leading to thismournful spot. About seventy men and women of all ageswere engaged in their devotions. In their midst stood thehigh-priest, whose tall and majestic form distinguished himfrom those around him, and whose open and intelligent facewas pale and sorrowful as he mingled his prayers and tears 60 FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. with a ijeople whose ruined fortunes he was powerless to re-trieve. Accustomed to see him, attended by his two sons,walking thoughtfully the streets of what was once the imperi-al city of his fathers, I had become familiar with his noblebearing and with the calm expression of his Jewish counte-nance ; but, moved by the reflections o
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