186 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, consider this to have been the place; because 
the situation of a copious spring is not liable 
to change ; and because the custom of repairing 
thither to draw water has been continued, among 
the female inhabitants of Nazareth, from the 
earliest period of its history, Marinus Saiiutus, 
who accurately describes its situation, has 
nevertheless confounded it with the fountain 
of Sephoury. He relates the antient traditions 
concerning it, but mingles with his narrative 
the legendary stories characteristic of the 
age m which he lived '. 
After leaving this fountain, we ascended to 
the town, and were conducted to the house 
of the principal Christian inhabitant of Nazareth. 
The tremendous name of Djezzar had succeeded 
in providing for us, in the midst of poverty, 
more sumptuous fare than is often found in 
wealthier cities : the Convent had largely 
contributed; but we had reason to fear, that 
many poor families had been pinched to supply 
(1) He often copies Jacobus de Vitriaco, word for word. Marinus 
Sanutus began the Secreta Fidelium Cnucis in 1306. Jac. de Vilriaco 
was bishop of Ptolemais, and died in May 1250. " De fonte Sepkoritano 
dilectae matri f Jesus) portaret aquam ; funs autem in jine civitatis est : 
ibi dicitur puer Jesus semel, vase fictili fracto, aquam portasse in gremio 
matri suae." Marin. Sanut. Secret. Fidel. Cruc. lib. iii. pars vii. cap. 2. 
