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364 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, constructed one of her churches i. It is not 
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^^ ' our intention to add a single syllable to all that f 
has been already written upon this subject^: 
those who can receive amusement or edification 
from the legend, m its most interesting form, 
may be referred to the entertaining Work of 
Mons. De Chateaubriand, from the perusal of 
which the reader rises as from a pleasing 
romance^. So fully is this miracle believed, 
even at this hour, that it is mentioned in the 
certificate given to pilgrims at the Franciscan 
Convent, as one of the proofs of the sanctity of 
the place *. 
Garden of ^^ dcsccnded fi'om the mountain, we 
Gethse- ' 
mane. visitcd an Olive- ground, always noticed as the 
(1) AdrichomiiTheatrumTerr. Sanct. />. 170. Coloti. 1628. 
(2) The Reader wishing to examine the history of X.\\ii mariellous 
impression, in its utmost detail, may consult Doubdan, and the authors 
by him cited. (See Voyage de la Terre Saincle, rh. xxvii. p. 227. 
Paris, 1657.) Douldan' s accownX. is full of the miracles that' have 
taken place upon tlie spot — ^" Miracles," says he, " qui avjourd^huy 
ont cesse — la Divine Providence agissant de la sorts, pour ne pasjetter 
lesperles devant les pores." 
(3) Mons. De Chateaubriand, from Gregory Nazianzen and others, 
even describes the attitude of our Savioir during his ascension: from 
Adr/cliomius he derives the particular point of the compass to which 
the Messiah's face was turned, as he rose. See " Travels in Greece, 
Palestine," Sfc. p. 49. Lond. 1811. 
(4) These are the words : "Mons Oliveti, uli videntibus discipiilis, ad 
ccelos ascendit Dominus, suorum pedum vestigia in aternani relimjuens 
memoriam." 
