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Show ]:\I'F:\ OR.\1\iGE GROVE walls of t he city were examin ed, ancl the crates were adm ired. The J ewish \\' ai ling Place i · calculated to stir the depths of human pathos as one lonks up n the multitudes there weeping and pray ing for t he re s torat ion of their l--l o ly Place. \\'e may pity them hut that is not enough. They feel that som et hing \'Cry precious has been taken from t hem and for its restoration they pray ancl implore and weep like a mother hcs icle the body of her dead child. The beggars are s till r o und about J erusalcm. Every road comi ng into the S<1crcd C ity has its full share of these mendicallts, and their myster io us soli c itat io n s for h e l p a ncl their competition with each other are frequently provoca-ti\' e of amusement and merriment. The Jerusalem beggars! ] low poor they must be. a~d how dirty ancl ragged a nd filthy they ,\ RE. If c leanlines. b(' next to gocl lin e. s, then this latter co n - clition of life is surely far remoYed from some of the un fortunat ones of this world. Please (;od that it may not always be o. Three Cates were intere ting-the .J affa Cate, the Damascus Cate, <tncl the Triumphal Catc. The latter is closed and has been for a long time. The other two are the main entrances into the city for the thousands ancl thousands of people who enter. :\car the.: entrance of these two Cates, great crowds of people with their donkeys and camels and JHO\'ision . con gregate and rest; and here the tourist will find much enjoyment and secure much val uable in formation, providing he has a competent Dragoman to pilot him around among the crowd. The \·alley of the 1-(idron will prove an interesting place. II ere one will find the Tomb of r\bsalom, though he may not have been buried here. r\ little fu rther along is the Crotto of Page Fifty-one |