The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . of some par-ticular locality. These streets are paved with smooth stone,not a little dangerous to timid riders, especially where thedescent is steep. The only castle of any particular impoiuance is that atthe Jaffa Gate, commonly called the Tower of David. Thelower part of it is built of huge stones, roughly cut, and witha deep level round the edges. They are undoubtedly an-cient, but the interspersed patch-work proves that they arenot in their original positions. I h
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . of some par-ticular locality. These streets are paved with smooth stone,not a little dangerous to timid riders, especially where thedescent is steep. The only castle of any particular impoiuance is that atthe Jaffa Gate, commonly called the Tower of David. Thelower part of it is built of huge stones, roughly cut, and witha deep level round the edges. They are undoubtedly an-cient, but the interspersed patch-work proves that they arenot in their original positions. I have been within it, andcarefully explored all parts of it that are now accessible, butfound nothing which could cast any hght upon its is believed by many to be the Hippicus of Josephus, andto this idea it owes its chief importance, for the historianmakes that the point of departure in lajnng down the lineof the ancient walls of Jerusalem. Yolumes have been writ-ten in our day for and against the correctness of this identi-fication, and the contest is still undecided; but, interesting TOWER OF DAVIU—ZION. 475. TOWEB OP DAVID. as may be the result, we may safely leave it with those whoare now conducting the controversy, and turn to mattersmore in unison with our particular inquiries. Every thingthat can be said about this grand old tower will be found inthe voluminous works of Williams, Robinson, Schultz, Wil-son, Fergusson, and other able writers on the topography ofthe Holy City. After riding through the city, I spent this morning inwalking about Mount Zion, particularly that part of it whichis without the walls, and have been struck with the won-derful fulfillment of the prophecies of Jeremiah and Micahthat Zion should be plowed as a field. It has so happened that my visits to Jerusalem have beenat the season when luxuriant crops of grain were growing Jer. xxvi. 18; Miciih iii. 12. 476 THE LAND AND THE BOOK. on all the southeastern face of the mount. The full for
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