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THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP. Nothing has ever occurred to alter the appear- 
-,- - ance of the country : as it was then, so it is 
now. The very brook whence David " chose 
him five smooth stones," has been noticed by 
many a thirsty pilgrim, journeying from Jaffa 
to Jerusalem ; all of whom must pass it in their 
way'. The ruins of goodly edifices attest 
the religious veneration entertained, in later 
periods, for the hallowed spot : but even these 
are now become so insignificant, that they are 
scarcely discernible ; and nothing can be said 
to interrupt the native dignity of this memorable 
scene. 
Valley of 
Jeremiah. 
Seven miles, not less laborious than the 
preceding, brought us to another valley, called 
that of Jeremiah, from a church once dedicated 
to the prophets We intended to have passed 
the night in Jeremiah; but the drivers of our 
camels, perhaps by design, had taken them 
(0 *' Torrens vero ex quo David accepit quinque lirapidissimos 
lapides, quibus dejecit et prostravit gigantem, proxiaius est; et 
pertransitur prosequendo iter versus sanctam civitatem." Quarestn. 
Elucid. T. S. lib. iv. torn. II. p. 16. Antv. 1639. See dAso Adrichomius 
in Judah, num. 235. Brocard. Itin. 7. Breidenhach. eod. H^'c. Sfc. 
(2) lu a miserable village of the same name, i\Ions. De Chdteau- 
briand was gratified Ly the sight of a troo of young Arabs, imitating 
the French military exercise with palm sticks, and by hearing them 
exclaim, in his own language, *' En avant: marche.'" Travels in 
Greece, Palccst. ifc. vol. I. p. 383. Land. 1811. 
