On our return to Jerusalem from the monastery by the road to the east of that by which we came, we see the quarries from which perhaps were extracted the columns of red breccia which adorn the mosque _el-Aksa_, and many churches in Palestine. On reaching the summit of the hill we regain our former road, and enter Jerusalem by the Jaffa Gate. During our return we notice with admiration the efforts made by the Archimandrite Nicoforus for the improvement of the country, and the energy and intelligence displayed in all his agricultural undertakings, especially in planting trees. It is to be hoped that his attempts will be crowned with success, and that the Arabs will avail themselves of the opportunity, and join in a work so calculated to advance the prosperity of the country. FOOTNOTES: [794] Plate VII. [795] Page 6. [796] Page 35. [797] Page 37. [798] Pages 168, 169. [799] Acts vii. 58. [800] Elucidatio Terræ Sanctæ, Lib. IV. pereg. 8, c. 2, Tom. II. p. 295, col. 2. See also, c. 3, p. 297, col. 1, ed. 1639. [801] Nicephorus, Hist. Eccl. Lib. XIV. c. 50. [802] Evagrius, Hist. Eccl. Lib. I. c. 22. [803] Ibid. [804] Hist. Eccl. Lib. XIV. c. 50. [805] Vita Sabæ, c. lxxxii. [806] Historia Hierosol. Lib. IX. (Gesta Dei, &c. Tom. I. p. 74, ed. 1611). [807] Early Travels in Palestine. 'Bohn's Ant. Lib.' p. 43. [808] Hist. Hierosol. Lib. V. c. 46 (G. D. &c. Tom. I. p. 274); cf. Lib. VI. c. 9, and William of Tyre, Lib. VIII. c. 12. [809] De Vogüé, Les Églises, &c. p. 333. [810] Cartulary of the Holy Sepulchre, p. 306. [811] La Citez de Jherusalem, quoted by De Vogüé, p. 333. [812] Leo Allatius, Sym. p. 146. [813] La Citez de Jherusalem, quoted by De Vogüé, p. 441; Cartulary, p. 306. [814] Plates VIII., IX. [815] Page 38. [816] Jewish War, V. 5, § 6. [817] Page 38. [818] Jewish War, V. 4, § 2. [819] Hist. Eccl. Lib. VIII. c. 30. [820] Jer. xxxviii. 6. [821] Jer. xxxviii. 6, 28. [822] Jewish War, V. 4, § 2. [823] Jerusalem, p. 36. [824] Jewish War, V. 7, § 3. [825] Ant. XIII. 16, § 1. [826] Page 14. [827] This grotto is still called _el-Oezerie_, and is known to the Arabs as the Tomb of Lazarus. [828] Plates LV., LVI. [829] Narrative of a Journey round the Dead Sea, &c. (edited by Count E. de Warren, Vol. II. pp. 137, 138). [830] Plate LX. [831] My remarks may appear to resemble closely those made by M. Gérardy Saintine, Trois Ans en Judée, p. 224. As he has used information given to him by me, without any acknowledgment, I feel entitled to resume my own.