JERUSALEM. , 331 
occurs here, as in the Inscriptions at Tel- chap. 
messus. 
All the face of this mountain, along the dingle 
described as the Vale of Gehinnon by Sandys, is 
marked by similar excavations. Some of these, 
as may be seen by reference to a former Note, 
did not escape his searching eye ; although he 
neglected to observe their inscriptions, probably 
from keeping the beaten track of pilgrims 
going from Mount Sion to the Mount of Olives, 
and neglecting to cross the valley in order to 
examine them more nearly. The top of the 
mountain is covered by ruined walls and the 
remains of sumptuous edifices : these he also 
noticed; but he does not even hint at their 
origin. Here again we are at a loss for infor- 
mation ; and future travellers will be aware of , 
the immense field of inquiry which so many 
undescribed monuments belonging to Jerusalem 
offer to their observation. If the foundations 
and ruins, as of a citadel, may be traced all over 
this eminence, the probability is, that this was Conjecture 
^ '' respecting 
the real Mount Sion ; that the Gehinnon of Mount 
Sion, 
Sandys, and of many other writers, was in fact 
the Valley oiMillo, called Tyropoeon by Josephus -^ 
(2) De Bell. Jud. lib. vi, c. 6. 
