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is one entifle stone, but I perceived very plainly the 
joints which compose it. 
On the exterior of this same side of the court of the 
temple, is El Mehkeme y or the tribunal of justice; be* 
tween the mosque of the Hanbeli rite and the apartment 
of El Borak. 
Towards the southern extremity of the western side 
of the court is a mosque, parallel and equal in length to 
the Aksa; but as it is composed of a single nave or very 
low vault, it rather resemble s a long magazine. It is 
the place of prayer for the individuals of the Maleki 
rite. Although the Hhaneffi rite has El Sahhara for a 
place of prayer, the Schaffi rite El Aksa, and the other 
two rites the places just mentioned; yet the greatest 
number of individuals of all of them, utter their prayers 
in El Aksa, where also is performed the preaching and 
the general prayer on Fridays. 
In the intermediary space between the west side of the 
court El Sahhara and El Aksa, there are several square 
platforms, two or three feet higher than the plane of the 
court, finely paved with marble, serving as oratories; 
each has a niche for the Imaum who directs the prayer. 
There is a square chapel named Cobba Moussa, or of 
Moses, at the south-west angle of the great platform of 
Sahhara. 
Between these platforms, and in several other places 
of the great court of the temple, are cisterns, the mar- 
gins of which are more or less ornamented with marbles, 
columns, and cupolas. In these cisterns the rain water 
is preserved, and is distributed from hence to the pub- 
lie by the water carriers. 
It is asserted that the Aksa is entirelv undermined, 
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and that at a short distance from the principal gate, there 
