From Dan to Beersheba A Description of the Wonderful Land, with Maps and Engravings and a Prologue by the Author Containing the Latest Explorations and Discoveries

CHAPTER VI.

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Forty Days and forty Nights in the Holy City. ―― Inside View of Jerusalem. ―― Streets. ―― Buildings. ―― Commerce. ―― A Cosmopolitan City. ―― Government Officials. ―― Taxation. ―― Population. ―― Turks. ―― Dervishes. ―― Fast of Ramadan. ―― Feast of Beiram. ―― Moslem Sects. ―― Their Creeds. ―― Quarter of the Jews. ―― Their wretched Condition. ―― Their Nationalities. ―― Pensioners. ―― Jewish Passover. ―― Ceremonies witnessed. ―― Jewish Sabbath in Jerusalem. ―― Synagogue. ―― Education. ―― Mr. Touro and Sir Moses Montefiore. ―― Religious and Industrial Institutions. ―― Christian Sects in the Holy City. ―― Armenians. ―― Their Wealth. ―― Greeks. ―― Their Influence. ―― Latins. ―― Their Edifices. ―― Monastic Quarrels. ―― Curious Scene. ―― Rivalry between France and Russia. ―― Russian Gold. ―― Protestant Christianity in Jerusalem. ―― English Church. ―― House of Charity. ―― The two Slave Girls.