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THE HOLY LAND. 
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IX. * thus poised may render its appearance less 
— ' surprising, as it is sometimes seen in the Alps, 
and in all mountainous countries, with hardly 
any place for its feet, upon the sides, and by 
the brink of most tremendous precipices \ The 
diameter of the upper cylinder, on which its 
four feet ultimately remained until the uirah 
had ended his ditty, was only two inches; and 
the length of each cylinder was six inches. 
The most curious part of the performance 
occurred afterwards ; for the Arah, to convince 
us of the animal's attention to the turn of the 
air, interrupted the da capo : as often as he did 
this, the goat tottered, appeared uneasy, and, 
upon his becoming suddenly silent in the middle 
of his song, it fell to the ground. 
View of After travellins: for about an hour, from the 
Setfilehem. . ° 
time of our leaving Jerusalem, we came in view 
of Bethlehem, and halted to enjoy the interesting 
sight. The town appeared covering the ridge 
of a hill on the southern side of a deep and 
extensive valley, and reaching from east to 
(l) " On the cliffs above hung a few goats; one of them danced, 
and scratched an ear with its hind foot, in a place where I would not 
have stood stock-still — 
For all beneath the Moon." 
See " Gray's Letter to Wharton^' p, 375. Memoirs by Mason. Lotid. 1775. 
