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“From Tiberias.” This is et A td one of the 
agents which Dr. Clarke, in the sentence, quoted under 
— . calls “ amygdaloidal.” Itis of a dark brown colour, 
enn compact, and heavy,—is not op ow by the 
atidiip te eebly magnetic, and contains a few pores, which 
are filled with a friable carbonate of lime. It is evidently a 
variety of a aloid. 
12. “From the valley of Jehoshaphat.” This valley is 
on the east of Je:usalem, and the brook Kidron, where there 
is no water, except during part of the year, runs through the 
— of it. The specimen is a pale white granular lime- 
ston 
13, § ‘ Broken off from the rock over the pool of Sifoak: be 
14, From the pool of siloah, where the water makes its 
appearance the second time. “[he spring issues from a rock, 
and runs into a silent stream. It has a kind of ebb and flow. 
Both these specimens are limestone; the former of a light 
gray colour, and the latter white, and might be wrought into 
a very beautiful marble. ** Regaining the road, which con- 
ducts towards the east, into the valley of Jehoshaphat, we 
passed the Fountain of S:/oa, anda white mulberry-tree, 
which is supposed to mark the spot where the Oak Rogel 
stood.” (Clarke.) This mulberry-tree is mentioned b 
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Pococke, who remarks, * near this pool, at a white mulberry- 
tree, they say, Isaiah was sawn asunder, by order of Manas- 
seh, and here, it is believed, he was buried, under the Oak 
Ro cel..? The Fountain of ‘Siloam, aceording to Josephus, 
v -south- 
east of Jerusalen, and was not included seit the walls of 
the ancient city. 
15. * From the grave of Lazarus.” It belongs to: that: 
stexectare is distinctly lamellar. — 
16. rom mount Zion.” Three specimens of reddish 
gray ed te limesione, having a smooth fracture, a little 
couchoidal. On sed of the acids, a moderate efferves- 
cence is produced. <A partof mount Zion, which was an- 
ciently comprehended by the walls of the city, is now ex- 
cluded. Jerusalem. according to Dr. Clarke. occupies at 
present only one eminence—that of mount Moriah on which 
Solomon’s temple once stood; and on which now stands a 
