bability on the rest of the mountain. They belong, for the most
part, to the ' Holy Places ' of later pilgrimage, not to the authentic
illustrations of the Sacred History."

I spent my last Sunday in Jerusalem on the Mount of Olivea
It was a day never to be forgotten ; one of those heavenly days
which cannot die, but become part of one's life. Alone, with no
companion but my Bible, I went along the Via Dolorosa, passed
out by St. Stephens Gate, descended to Gethsemane, and from
thence pursued the old road already described, which leads to
Bethany and Jericho, by the western slope of Olivet overlooking
the valley of Jehoshaphat. At the summit of the short ascent a
few ledges of limestone rock, carpeted with greensward, crop out
beside the path, and afford a natural resting-place, of which I
availed myself. The old wall and the well-known corner of the
Haram Area were immediately opposite me, and so visibly near in
the pure, transparent atmosphere that the stones could be counted,
and the green tufts of the plants among them. The day was of
course cloudless and hot, but it was not oppressive, for the air was
stirred by a gentle breeze with a mountain freshness in it. Though
the city was so near, with most of its people pursuing their usual
avocations both within and without the walls, yet no sound dis-
turbed the intense repose except, strange to say, the crowing of
cocks, as if at early mora, and the shouts of a solitary peasant who
was urging his plough across the once busy but now deserted
slopes of Ophel. I gazed on Jerusalem until it seemed to be a
dream — a white ghostly city in the silent air. My thoughts took
no fixed shape, but were burthened with a weight, almost oppres-
sive, from ages of history ; or were lost in the presence of some
undefined source of awe, wonder, and sorrow. I was recalled, how-
ever, to what was very near when I opened my Bible, and read
these words : " As He went out of the Temple * one of his disciples

* Was this by the Doable Gate in the south wall I have already described, with



JERUSALEM—WITHOUT THE WALLS. 