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whether from the sun rising in that quarter of the heavens, or 

 from what other cause is unnecessary to inquire. Many passages 

 from sacred and profane authors might be adduced in support of 

 this idea, none perhaps more striking or appropriate than an oc- 

 currence in the visions of Ezekiel; when "a man appeared with a 

 measuring-line, and brought him to the gate of the temple at 

 Jerusalem, whose prospect is towards the east, and measured it 

 round about: he measured it on the east, and west, and north, and 

 south sides, five hundred reeds each, with the measuring-reed; he 

 measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hun- 

 dred reeds long and five hundred broad; to make a separation be- 

 tween the sanctuary and the profane place. Afterwards he brought 

 me to the gate, even the gate that looketh towards the east: and be- 

 hold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; 

 and his voice was like the voice of many waters ; and the earth 

 shined with his glory; and the glory of the Lord came into the 

 house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 

 Then said the Lord unto me, this gate shall be shut; it shall not 

 be opened; and no man shall enter in by it: because the Lord, the 

 God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut! It 

 is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before 

 the Lord: he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and 

 shall go out by the way of the same." 



The eastern gate of Dhuboy was not only a venerated part of 

 the city, but the general morning rendezvous of the brahmins and 

 principal inhabitants; shady trees protected them from the heat, 

 and on the verdant slope without the exterior portal, heedless of 



