The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . rth,being in character almost a fluid. It was apparent that if the rubbish on the eastern side of the Sanctuaryexisted to any great extent, it would cover the true Kedron valley forsome distance : and it was found on excavation that the true bed of theKedron is 240 feet to the west of, and 38 feet below, the present bed,and that water flows through it during the rainy season. A shaft was sunk 305 feet due east of the south-east angle. At adepth of 20 feet the rock was found falling to the west; and at 65 feet,or at 240 feet from the Sanctuary wall, t
The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . rth,being in character almost a fluid. It was apparent that if the rubbish on the eastern side of the Sanctuaryexisted to any great extent, it would cover the true Kedron valley forsome distance : and it was found on excavation that the true bed of theKedron is 240 feet to the west of, and 38 feet below, the present bed,and that water flows through it during the rainy season. A shaft was sunk 305 feet due east of the south-east angle. At adepth of 20 feet the rock was found falling to the west; and at 65 feet,or at 240 feet from the Sanctuary wall, the true bed of the Kedronwas found at level 2,171 feet. JERUSALEM. 157 A masonry wall 5 feet thick was found on the west side of the true the first 60 feet from the Kedron bed there is a gentle ascent,west; and here some roughly rounded flints (pot-boilers ?) and whorlswere found on the rock. The rock now rises rapidly, west, and looseshingle was encountered, which, when it got in motion, carried all before III \iS> ir^~y°^7^ ^. it to the bottom of the gallery. At 160 feet from the entrance the airbecame very impure, but on going a little further a rushing noise washeard, which proved to be a stream of pure air circulating through somerift in the soil. Masonry walls were now encountered, apparently forsupporting terraces along the Kedron valley. The rock now rose so rapidly (at 30) that further advance was im-possible, and the v/ork was abandoned at 130 feet from the Sanctuarywall. (See Plate X.). The Opiiel Wall at the South-East Angle of Sanxtuary. The wall of Ophel, abutting on the south wall of the Sanctuary at thesouth-east angle, was probably about 12 feet 6 inches wide at the top, andis about 15 feet wide at the bottom. Its faces are perpendicular. Atthe south-east angle it is found at 4 feet from the surface (level 2,352 feet),and it is here 18 inches in advance of the Sanctuary wall. At the level of2,324 it Is flush with the Sanctuary wall, and at its foot
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