JERUSALEM. 335 
Gethsemane — Olives of the Mount — Totnb of the 
Virgin Mary — Sepulchres of the Patriarchs — Bazars — 
Sepulchres of the Kings — their real History — Mosqi'e 
OF Omar — Existing evidence o/' Julian's discomfiture — 
Ohservations of Mosheim and Moyle — Greek and ylr- 
menian Convents — State of P»Utics in Jerusalem. 
Jr ERHAPS it may now be manifest, that so far 
from deriving accurate notions of the topography 
and antiquities of Jerusalem from the descrip- 
tions of former writers, these objects really 
remain for future investigation. If, during an 
endeavour to remove existing prejudices, and to 
excite a due contempt for Monkish errors, the 
subject seems rather perplexed than elucidated, 
it is because, in the subversion of a fabric raised 
by Ignorance and Superstition, its parts must 
necessarily lie scattered and confused. The 
materials have been falsely put together,but they 
are genuine ; and others, coming after, will 
arrange and connect them in a more reasonable 
manner. Since the period of the author's visit 
to Jerusalem, the building which had received 
the appellation of the Church of Mount Calvary 
lias been destroyed by fire. In all probability it 
will now be seen, that what was called the Holy 
Sepulchre was a mere delusion — a ikfo/zAvVi juggle; 
that there was, in fact, neither crypt nor sorus, 
resembling a Jetvish place of burial, beneath the 
