The Holy Land and Syria . he Dung Gate. Below this inthe Valley of Jehoshaphat lies the Pool of Siloam. Atthe Zion Gate a group of lepers are begging. They areragged and filthy and hold out the stumps of their handsasking for alms. On the inside of this gate stood thehouse of Caiaphas, where Peter three times denied thathe was one of the disciples of Christ, before the cockcrowed. As we go on we see chickens scratching in the earthoutside the wall, and as we look at the gardens on theslopes of Kedron or Jehoshaphat observe that the land isstill rich. There are cows away down in the valley andt
The Holy Land and Syria . he Dung Gate. Below this inthe Valley of Jehoshaphat lies the Pool of Siloam. Atthe Zion Gate a group of lepers are begging. They areragged and filthy and hold out the stumps of their handsasking for alms. On the inside of this gate stood thehouse of Caiaphas, where Peter three times denied thathe was one of the disciples of Christ, before the cockcrowed. As we go on we see chickens scratching in the earthoutside the wall, and as we look at the gardens on theslopes of Kedron or Jehoshaphat observe that the land isstill rich. There are cows away down in the valley andthe bees are buzzing on the cacti and wild flowers on theslopes. In some favoured spots the Holy Land is stillone of milk and honey. The villages near Jerusalemhave dairies which supply excellent butter, and thehoney, which is largely made of orange blossoms, is de-licious. It is served every day at all the hotels, usuallyin the liquid form rather than in the comb. The slopes of the Valley of Jehoshaphat are now spotted 44. The houses of Jerusalem are of limestone with flat roofs constructed tocatch the rain water. The better houses have little domes on them
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