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Saviour and the other St. John, besides the convents of 
Mount Calvary, and the Tomb. 
The Mussulmen at Jerusalem revere the remains, or 
the tomb, of a great number of Saints, which form a 
branch of speculation to many individuals, either by 
the administration of the funds, or pious foundations 
annexed to each tomb; or by the collection of the alms, 
which ought indispensably to accompany each visit. 
Although the inhabitants of Jerusalem are composed 
of people of different nations and different religions, 
who inwardly despise each other on account of their 
various opinions, yet as the Christians are the most 
numerous, there reigns a good deal of social intercourse 
among them in their affairs and amusements. The fol- 
lowers of Jesus Christ mix indiscriminately with the 
disciples of Mahomet, and this amalgamation produces 
a much more extended degree of liberty at Jerusalem 
than in any other country subjugated to Islamism. I 
saw several respectable Mussulmen, who did not make 
any scruple to look a woman in the face, and even to 
stop and speak to her publicly, which would be a sub- 
ject of scandal in any other Mahometan place. 
The government of Jerusalem is in the hands of a 
native of the country, who bears the name of Scheik-el- 
fieled, or of Hhakim. The existing governor had been 
but lately chosen, as successor to his cousin, whom he 
succeeded in supplanting, and who was then under 
arrest. 
The kadi or the civil judge is a Turk sent from Con- 
stantinople, and renewed every year, as are also all the 
kadis of the Ottoman empire. 
There are besides the above, the governor of the 
citadel or castle, the scheik-el-haram or chief of the 
