Peasant life in the Holy Land . nga 3Iihrab, or prayer-niche. It is kept in fair repairas a rule, and whitewashed from time to timeboth inside and out. Occasionally a grave is tobe found inside, under the dome, an ugly erectionof stone plastered over, about 3 feet high, andfrequently of abnormal length ; that of the so-calledgrave of Joshua, near Es Salt, east of the Jordan,is over 30 feet in length. Occasionally there is no building o\er the tomb,and in such case, w^here it is one of great sanctity,the most extraordinary collection imaginable of oddsand ends is to be found on and around the g
Peasant life in the Holy Land . nga 3Iihrab, or prayer-niche. It is kept in fair repairas a rule, and whitewashed from time to timeboth inside and out. Occasionally a grave is tobe found inside, under the dome, an ugly erectionof stone plastered over, about 3 feet high, andfrequently of abnormal length ; that of the so-calledgrave of Joshua, near Es Salt, east of the Jordan,is over 30 feet in length. Occasionally there is no building o\er the tomb,and in such case, w^here it is one of great sanctity,the most extraordinary collection imaginable of oddsand ends is to be found on and around the grave,liaving been placed there by way of honouring thedead saint, and of claiming his intercession at theDay of Judgment on behalf of those who havethus reverenced his memory on earth. The moststriking instance I have seen of this latter kind ofWely was the so-called tomb of Noah at Kerak,the ancient Kir of JNIoab, before the present con-ventional building was erected over it. Theaccompanying illustration gives some idea of its.
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