. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. e guide continued his explanations. This edifice, called by the Moslems the Dome of theRock,* said he, but better known as the Mosque ofOmar, is built on the site of the Temple of Herod, andalso on the site of the Temple of Solomon, w^hich pre-ceded that of Herod. Each side of the octagon issixty-six feet in length, and the top of the dome is onehundred and fifteen feet above this platform. Underneath a small pavilion at the entrance, atten-dants laced slippers to our feet and then conducted usinto the Mosque. On the floor lay precio
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. e guide continued his explanations. This edifice, called by the Moslems the Dome of theRock,* said he, but better known as the Mosque ofOmar, is built on the site of the Temple of Herod, andalso on the site of the Temple of Solomon, w^hich pre-ceded that of Herod. Each side of the octagon issixty-six feet in length, and the top of the dome is onehundred and fifteen feet above this platform. Underneath a small pavilion at the entrance, atten-dants laced slippers to our feet and then conducted usinto the Mosque. On the floor lay precious Orientalrugs. Overhead in the dome, the light entered throughrichly stained glass windows, tinting and beautifyingthe interior and disclosing the mosaic decorations of theceiling and the Arabic inscriptions on the walls. At JERUSALEM. 225 one side was an exquisitely carved wooden pulpit inlaidwith ivory and mother-of-pearl. In the centre of theMosque a great rock, at least fifty feet long and almostas wide, rose to the height of our heads. A beautifully. WE WILL TAKE THE PICTURE AND INCLUDE THE Tl^RKS IN IT. designed, gilded and bronzed iron railing prevented infi-del fingers from touching the rock. This mountain-top, the crown of Mount Moriah,said the Moslem dragoman, as we stood reverently beforeit, is the place where the arm of Abraham was stayedas he lifted the knife to slay his son. This rock, inDavids time, was the threshing floor of Araunah, whose X5
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