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tarns which conceal the lake to the south-east. I ob- 
served also the waves break against the shore, and the 
agitation of some vessels seemtd to announce that it 
was not entirely dead, as its name indicates. All the 
country that surrounds it is mountainous. 
Being arrived at the summit of the mountain Djebel 
Tor, called by the Christians the Mount of Olives, in 
which it is asserted there are 72,000 prophets buried, 
I found there a Christian church in which is a slab of 
marble, with the print of the foot of Christ upon it. It 
is said to have been imprinted at the time he ascended 
into heaven, after his resurrection. 
From this mountain, situated east of Jerusalem, there 
is a bird's eye view of the city, so distinct that the 
houses may be counted. 
I descended the mountain, and being arrived at the 
bottom of the Torrent of Cedron, I passed by the side 
of the tomb of Mary; and after having climbed a hill, 
I entered the city again, by the gate called the Gate of 
Mary. 
The next day, Saturday the 25th July, at sun-rise, I 
went from Jerusalem to visit the Sepulchre of Abrah m. 
Our road lay between mountains in a S. and S. S. \V. 
direction. 
Having arrived at a quarter past seven in the morning 
near Beit el-Ham, or Bethlehem, I met upon the road 
a band of Christian shepherds, who were going to Jeru- 
salem, to lay a complaint against the Mussulman shep- 
herds of Hhajl, or Hebron, who had carried off a part 
of their cattle. They had with them two camels which 
they had taken from the Mussulmen as reprisals/The 
principal shepherd related the affair to one of the most 
respectable ScherifFs of Jerusalem, who accompanied 
me; and he explained himself in such energetic terms, 
