3M - CXAK&E’s mAYEXSv - 
Many of the party, by an immediate impulse, took off ibek 
bats, as if entering a church', without being sensible of so do^ 
log. The Greet s and Catholics shed torrents of - tears; And' 
presently' beginning to cross tbemsfelves, with unfeigned 'devo¬ 
tion, asked if they might be permitted to ■ take off the .cover-, 
ing from'"their feet, and proceed, barefooted, to the Holy Se¬ 
pulchre. We had not been prepared for the grandeur of the 
spectacle which the city alone exhibited. Instead of a wretch¬ 
ed and ruined town, by some described as the desolated rem¬ 
nant, of Jerusalem, we beheld, as it were, a flourishing and 
stately, metropolis; presenting a magnificent assemblage of 
domes, towers, palaces, churches, and monasteries; all'of 
which, glittering'in the sun’s rays, shone with inconceivable' 
■splendbur.* As; we drew nearer, oin> whole attention was en~ 
grossed by its noble and interesting' appearance. The lofty: 
hills whereby J It is surrounded give to the city itself an appear- 
ance of elevatioii inferior to that which it really possesses.! 
About three quarters .of ah hour before we reached* the walls,, 
we passed a large ruin upon our right hand, close to the road. 
This,- by the reticulated style of masonry upon its. walls, as 
Well as by the remains of - vaulted fondations of brick work, 
■evidently denoted a Homan building. :We could 'not obtain 
tiny'account of it; neither is it mentioned by the authors who 
Iravedescribed the'antiquities of the country. 
* At this place, two Turkish .officers, mounted' on beautiful- 
beFses-sumptuously caparisoned, came to inform- us, that, the 
governor, having intelligence of our approach., had sent therti 
to-’’escort ns-'into- the town.- When they; arrived, we - were... all 
assembled upon an eminence, admiring the splendid-, appear-, 
ance ’ of the city ; and being impressed with other , ideas than 
those of a vain ostentation, w r anId gladly have declined the 
'parade, together with hhe ioteiTuptioir caused by a. public en¬ 
try. This was, however, said to be unavoidable; it - was de¬ 
scribed as a necessary mark of respect due to Bjezzar Pacha, 
% M the same time it should be confessed, that there is no other point of view 
where Jerusalem is seen to so much -advantage* In the celebrated prospect from the 
Mount of Olives, the eity lies too low;.is too near the"eye and has too much the 
character o., a bird’s-eye view. It -has all the formality of a plan or topographical sur- 
¥ey y , / ^ - 
f ‘H : 8'i-ay(a : ir6Kis ntrai fx'xrbv 5ia$6Q&v,:<ipctp&.y r yMv, xal-pBvwv, xaHcr-rl Tolvaurn' 
tffopagLfvov Qavuacrldy, J.v rao}n <yay v7rt$avecTr,y.v7ai6?alcu hirohis m\ x@ap.aV-' iryor fip 
»rjv to*. ’ leSatas-'xofyav isWvwi^miiivr^.Trgos tiir & I %6yava Taum -yubkotya 
** Sancta civitas variis vallibus et montibus circumsepitur, nee admiration^ caret, 
«juod in ea spectatur; eodem enim f.emporis momento, et supereminens et depress* 
apparet; namque si Judaeas oram inspexeris, supereminet; si. colies- ill i .ad&ereBtes - 
eomplariatur,^ PhQM. -Ihsc... T&rf* Samt/c, 14, Cclon, 1653. 
