The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . continues up to loS feet from the south-east angle, where the straightjoint in the wall occurs. At 70 feet from the corner there is a stone witha face which is not well dressed, and the next stone to it has a projectingface. At 89 feet 9 inches there is a break of some kind, but it may onlybe caused by unskilful workmanship. The set-off to the south of thispoint is 65 inches, but beyond it the whole Course X sets back 9<V incheson l\ and /^/^^projects 2 inches over^Y. Beyond the break at 108 feet, thebed course with rough projecting faces is i foo
The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . continues up to loS feet from the south-east angle, where the straightjoint in the wall occurs. At 70 feet from the corner there is a stone witha face which is not well dressed, and the next stone to it has a projectingface. At 89 feet 9 inches there is a break of some kind, but it may onlybe caused by unskilful workmanship. The set-off to the south of thispoint is 65 inches, but beyond it the whole Course X sets back 9<V incheson l\ and /^/^^projects 2 inches over^Y. Beyond the break at 108 feet, thebed course with rough projecting faces is i foot 10 inches above the bedof X for 25 feet 8 inches ; beyond this point the course rises again 4 inches,and continues 25 feet 7 inches, when the next stone falls 10 inches. Thenorthern course of this stone touches the rock at 161 feet 10 inches fromthe south-east angle. The Characters on the Stones. The characters found on Courses c, d, e, and f, at the south-east angle,are cither painted or cut on the stones. The incised characters are cut. STONE C OF SECOND COURSE OF EASTERN WALL. with a tool to a depth of {^ inch. The painted characters, in some instances12 inches high, appear to have been put on with a brush. The paint used 152 THE SURVEY OF UESTEKN PALESTINE. is red, probably vermilion, and easily rubbed off with a wet finger. Therearc a few red splashes here and there, as if the paint had dropped from thebrush. The general impression from an inspection of the characters is
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