Rambles in Bible lands . of 30 feet, as far as the Turkish authorities wouldallow him to lay it bare, a distance of some 130 base of a huge tower was exposed to view, inthe shape of a projecting buttress 45 feet square, alsoscarped, that is, cut straight as a wall. Thirty-sixsteps were seen cut in the face of this rock wall forthe purpose of ascending to the top of a second smallerprojecting square buttress, the base of a second bases of three towers were found to contain noless than eighteen beers, or water-cisterns, hewn in therock. These cisterns to receive rain-water, and
Rambles in Bible lands . of 30 feet, as far as the Turkish authorities wouldallow him to lay it bare, a distance of some 130 base of a huge tower was exposed to view, inthe shape of a projecting buttress 45 feet square, alsoscarped, that is, cut straight as a wall. Thirty-sixsteps were seen cut in the face of this rock wall forthe purpose of ascending to the top of a second smallerprojecting square buttress, the base of a second bases of three towers were found to contain noless than eighteen beers, or water-cisterns, hewn in therock. These cisterns to receive rain-water, andthese steps are specially described by 1 Josephuss Wars oj the Jews, Bk. V. chap. iv. sec. 4. 2 For the exact position, see the black line at No. 1 on the sketchmap of Jerusalem, page 126. 3 Josephuss Wars of the Jeivs, Bk. V. chap. iv. sec. 3. i26 RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS A number of fallen stones, from 3 to 4 feetlong, were found at the bottom with marks indicatingRoman work. A ditch 20 feet wide was found at. SKETCH MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE SURROUNDING HILLS the foot of this scarp with a steep, rough rock-slopebelow, and, in one place at least, a second deeperscarp beneath the other, giving a rock-cut, perpendicularface of some 50 feet in height ! JERUSALEM 127
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