268 COL. SIR CHAULKS M. WATSON^ K.C.M.G.^ M.A., ON 



The Solomon. The careful placing of the huge blocks 



Foundation stones, both those above ground level and those 

 hidden from sight down to the solid rock below was 

 a great achievement. 

 On the slope of the hill to the south stood the royal city of 

 King David which has entirely disappeared. At the foot of the 

 hill is the Pool of Siloam, near to which some 

 interesting discoveries were made for the Palestine 

 Exploration Fund by Dr. Bliss, who found an 

 ancient church twenty feet underground, which was 

 probably built by the Empress Eudocia in the fifth 

 and destroyed in the seventh century. Under the 

 church the well-known tunnel brings the water 

 from the Virmn's Fountain to the Pool, and in this 

 was found the famous inscription which is generally 

 believed to have been cut in the time of King 

 Hezekiah. 



area, there is to be seen near the 



The Church 

 at Siloam. 



The Siloam 

 Tunnel. 



The Siloam 

 Inscription. 



Eeturning to the Haram 



Robinson's 

 Arch. 



south-west corner the remains of an ancient arch, which 

 Captain Warren found to be the commencement 

 of a grand approach to the Ptoyal Cloister of the 

 Jewish Temple. The springing of the arch is now 

 close to the surface, but the valley at this point was 

 originally 80 feet deeper, so great has been the accumulation of 

 debris in the course of centuries. 



A little to the north of the arch the Jews, who, by the way, 

 now number 50,000 in Jerusalem and are more numerous than 

 the Christians or the Mahomedans, have their 

 Wailing Place whither they resort on Fridays to 

 lament the loss of Jerusalem and to pray for its 

 restoration. ISTear the south wall of the Haram is 

 the Mosque of Aksa, originally built by the Khalif 

 Abd-el-Melek in a.d. ()91, but since destroyed and 

 rebuilt several times. It was the head-quarters of the 

 Knights' Templars during the Christian occupation 

 of Jerusalem in the twelfth century. North of the 

 Mosque of Aksa stretches the Haram enclosure 

 upon which formerly stood the great Temple of the 

 Jews. That Temple has now entirely disappeared ; 

 so completely has the prophecy been fulfilled that 

 not one stone was to be left on another. But an 

 interesting relic was found by Monsieur C. 

 Ganneau in the form of one of the Greek inscrip- 

 , as we are told by the historian Joseph us, were 



The WaiHns 

 Place. 



A Spanish 

 Jew. 



The Haram 

 Area. 



Plan of the 

 Temple. 



Temple 

 Inscription. 



tions which 



