&40 glarke*s travels. 
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2'Xl^vr p | N T tCjAt a 
pr ^ o'D f n o ^ o t ir cj ti 
From'the imperfect state of this inscription, and the decompo¬ 
sition of the rock itself whereon it is placed, the copy may he 
liable to error. It was made, however, with great care, and 
due atteolion was paid to the position-of the lines. The 
words of the insertpit on;.aie- supposed to he Arabic, expressed 
iix Mehi-ew and Phoenician characters^ The arrow 7 *headed 
character occurs:. here, as in the inscriptions at Teimessus. 
AiLikti v ikee of ibis memitain. along,the dingle supposed-to 
be the:.Aaie .of. Gehinnon' by:-Sandy s, is marked by similar 
...exovYations* • Some of these, as may be .seen by- reference, - to 
a cote v did.-nut escape, his searching .eye-; all hough lie 
neglected to observe their laseript ions,--pmhabiy• from keeping 
the beaten-track of pilgrims going from .Mount Sion to the 
Mount of Olives* land neglecting to cross the valley In order 
to .examine-, them' more nearly.. The top of, the .mountaiu is 
covered by ruined -walls and the remains of sumptuous edifices: 
' these he'also noticed ; but hMWs apt-even- hint at their origin. 
Here again we are at a loss foi hdelHgeucc and future tra¬ 
vellers will be. awar-e e-f the immense lie Id of inquiry which 
go many mulescribed runrins belonging to Jerusalem offer to 
their observation. If the" Kujudatl. us and ruins as of a' cita¬ 
del may-be. traced all over this ''eramfeftcef the probability is, 
that this, was the'real. Mount Sion; .•that ilie Gelammi of San- 
& This method of writing ; is sa|d, by that learned oriental scholar, STr. Hammer, 
bow secretary to the German minister at Constantinople, to,have been '.adopted by 
Arabian Jews, in their inscriptions upon the hills near Jerusalem, 
