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genuine as the drops that fall from the eyes of ( 
pilgrims in the tabernacles at Jerusalem. Within v. — „ — 
a cell, to which they have given the name of 
The prison of Jesus Christ, is a wooden figure, 
so ridiculously dressed, that it is impossible 
to view it without laughter, dhis image is as 
large as life ; and it is intended to represent the 
Messiah in his confinement, having a veil of 
black crape cast about the head, face, and 
shoulders. The ‘ Virgin ivith Three Hands also 
makes her appearance here : and an antient 
picture is exhibited, which they say came from 
Jerusalem : it is exactly in the taste of those 
modern paintings now manufactured in Russia 
for the churches and household gods, and it 
was probably one of the original models of tire 
axt. The dome of the building may be esteemed 
among the finest works of architecture in the 
country. It is lighted in a very pleasing 
manner. The expense of its completion has 
been rated at thirty-eight thousand roubles, or 
we should have supposed it to have been much 
greater. In the library of the Convent there 
is nothing remarkable, excepting thirty pieces of 
lead, shewn as the money paid to Judas Iscariot 
for betraying Christ ; of course, copies of a 
similar pretended relic at Jerusalem. The 
dresses of the priests, covered with jewels, 
are also displayed. One mitre alone is valued 
