FROM NAP0LOSE tO'JERUSALEM 
viliage,mid of a monastery, situated where the Bethel of Jacob 
is supposed to have been.* * * § The nature of the soli is an existing 
comment upon the record of the stony territory , where 66 He -, 
took of the stones of the place, and put them for his pillows™ 
At two o’clock P. M. we halted for a little repose, hear a we!! s 
beneath the shade of a ruined building. This place was said 
to be three hours distance from Jerusalem. It is perhaps the 
same described by Maundrell, under the name of Beer ;f so 
called, says lie, from lis foioitain of water 9 arid supposed to Be 
the Michmash of sacred scripture, f Il ls described by him 
as distant three hours and twenty minutes from the Holy 
<3ity.f This name of our halting place is not found, howeves* 
in any of our journals. Here, upon some pieces of very 
mouldy biscuit, a few raw onions, (the only food we could find 
upon the spot,) and the water of the well, we all of us fed 
with the best possible appetite ; arid could we have procured 
a little salt, we should have deemed our fare delicious. 
At three p. m. we agstie mounted our horses, and proceed¬ 
ed on our route. No sensation of fatigue or heat could coun¬ 
terbalance the eagerness and zeal which animated all our par¬ 
ty, in the approach to Jerusalem; every individual pressed 
forward, hoping first to announce the joy ful intelligence of its 
appearance. We passed some insignificant ruins, either of 
ancient buildings or of pioderu villages; but had they been of 
more importance, they would have excited little notice at the 
time, so earnestly bent was every mind toward the main ob¬ 
ject of interest and curiosity. At length, after about two 
'||b'rit*^'Jisid been passed in this state of anxiety and suspense, 
ascending a hill toward the south— 66 Hagugpolis !” exclaim¬ 
ed a Greek in the van of our cavalcade : and instantly throw- 
irig Himself from bis horse, was seen bareheaded, upon his 
knees, facing the prospect he surveyed. Suddenly the sight 
burst upon us all. Who shall describe it ? The effect pro- 
diiced was that of total silence throughout the whole company* 
* Gen. xxviii. 19. 
•f “ At the bottom of the hill it has a plentiful fountain of excellent water, from 
which it has its name. At its upper side are remains of ah old church built by Em¬ 
press Helena, in memory of the blessed Virgin, who, when she was in quest of the 
child Jesus, as it is related (Luke ii 24.) came (as tradition adds) to this city, 
Journ. from Alep, lo Jerm. p. 64. 0±f. 1721. 
X 1 Sam. xiii. 16, 23. Xiv. 5. This position of Michmash by Maundrell by no means 
agrees with the situation assigned to it by Reland (Falsest. Illust. tom. II. p. 897. 
Traj. Bat 1714.) upon the authority of Eusebius: “ Est vicvs grandis 9 mill . a 
JElid (Hierosoiyma) prop$ Rama, teste Eusebio.” 
§ “ Leaving Beer, Ac. in two hours and one third, we came to the top of a hill 
f¥om whence we had the first prospect of Jerusalem. In one hour more, we ap¬ 
proached the walls of the Holy City,” Jmrn. from Alep* to Jems, p, Be, Of. Il2h 
