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on this burlesque scene and the sudden appearance of 
the old men. 
We arrived at four in the morning at Kariet-el-Aneb, 
a little town upon the declivity of the mountains, sur- 
rounded with an infinite number of vines; and after 
having taken half an hour's repose, pursued our route 
along some steep and dangerous declivities. On arriving 
in the bottom of the valley, we were again forced to 
climb other mountains higher than the former, from the 
summits of which is seen the holy city of Jerusalem, 
which I entered at three quarters past seven in the 
morning of Thursday the 23d of July 1807. 
The difficulty of the road had prevented us from 
travelling more than two miles an hour. 
The lodging assigned to me was the mosque of a 
saint named Sidi Abdelkader, situated at the side of the 
Haram or Mussulman temple. I went to bed and slept 
till three in the afternoon, after which I was conducted 
to the Temple, 
CHAPTER XIV. 
El Haram, or Mussulman Temple on the site of the Ancient Temple of Solo- 
mon.— The Court.-— El Aksa.— El Sahhara Allah. — The Tribunal of David.— 
The Cobbas. — The Throne of Solomon. — Other Mosques of the Temple. 
As no detailed description has been hitherto given 
of the Mussulman Temple at Jerusalem, because the 
Mussulmen are generally not prepared for such a task, 
and the Christians are not permitted to enter it, I shall 
now endeavour to give some idea of this magnificent 
