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children of Jacob, the heirs and descendants of Solo- 
mon! I found there some Jews who were reciting 
prayers in the different corners of this hovel, but the 
whole was so miserable, melancholy, dirty, and dis- 
gusting, that I hastily withdrew. 
I never was any where so beset and importuned as at 
Jerusalem; being the only pilgrim there at the time, I 
was surrounded with the officers of the Temple, who 
had nothing else to do. The administrators of the 
chapel, and the house of Sidi Abdelkader, where I was 
lodged, who are Scherifs very much respected at Je- 
rusalem, made it their business to accompany me every 
where. The fine garden belonging to my dwelling was 
almost always filled with these persons and their friends, 
who paid their court to me so assiduously, that I had 
but a few moments of leisure. These circumstances 
prevented me from giving that extent to my remarks 
upon Jerusalem, which I could have wished to do; but 
as this city has been so often described, I shall confine 
myself to some particular notices. 
Jerusalem, known by the Mussulmen under the name 
of El Kads, or The Holy, and by that of El Kods-e- 
Scherif, is situated, according to the French tables, 
under 31°, 46', 34" of north latitude, and 33° longi- 
tude, east of the observatory of Paris. I was unable to 
make any astronomical observation, having left my in- 
struments in Egypt. 
The form of Jerusalem though irregular is not so 
much so as that of Mecca; and if El Kaaba o& The 
Citadel, which is situated at the west end of the city, 
be excluded, the walls assume pretty nearly the form of 
a square. 
The city being built at the southern side of the upper 
plain of a mountain, inclining a little towards the south- 
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