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apartments, one leading into another, and ciiw. 
containing an extensive range of receptacles v >- ■> 
for the dead, as in those excavations before 
alluded to, (but which appear to be of more 
recent date,) lying to the iiorlh of Jerusalem, at 
a more considerable distance from the city; 
and also as in the Cri/ptcp of the Necropolis near 
Alexandria in Egypt. Opposite to the entrance, 
but lower down in the rock, a second, and a 
•similar aperture, led to another chamber beyond 
the first. Over the entrance to this, we also 
observed an inscription, nearly obliterated, but 
differing from the first, by the addition of two 
letters : 
+ HN T H C 
A f" ! A C C I W N 
When we had penetrated to the extremity of 
this second chamber, we could proceed no 
farther, owing to the rubbish which obstructed 
our passage. Perhaps the removal of this may, 
^at some future period, lead to other discoveries. 
It was evident that we had not reached the 
remotest part of these caverns. There were 
others with similar Greek inscriptions, and one 
wliich particularly attracted our notice, from ^^^y*"" 
its extraordinary coincidence with all the cir- 
cumstances connected with the history of our 
Saviour's Tomb. The large stone that once 
