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INACCURACY OF OUR PRESENT INFORMATION. 19
selves that a building erected about twelve hundred
years after Christ existed in the time of St. John,
and pleasantly fancy they can discern in the figure
of a Turkish lantern the representation of the host
and chalice.1 Again, a tazza forming part of one of
the fountains of ancient Ephesus, has been christened
by these zealous antiquaries2 as the font used by
St. John for baptizing the heathen, and each considers
it right to break off a small piece, in order to fulfil
"les petits devoirs d'un voyageur." Nor do they
respect St. John only; St. Paul comes in for an
equal share of their attention. They select one of
the best preserved towers of the city Avail' for his
prison,3 and one of them in the fervour of his zeal
slept in it a whole night. And as in Jerusalem
they point out the house of the rich man, the house
of the poor man, and the window out of which
Pontius Pilate looked; so here they show you the
tomb of the Virgin Mary,4 the tomb of Mary Mag-
dalene, the tomb of St. John, and the tomb of
Timothy; not to mention the tombs of the seven
sleepers.5
1 Van Egmont and Heyman, p. 112.
2 Van Egmont and Heyman, M. de Monconys, Le Brun.
8 Van Egmont and Heyman, Prokesch.
4 When Ephesus decreased in splendour she was obliged to give
up this source of profit to the more fortunate Jerusalem.
6 Arundell, Asia M. p. 253 ; Seven Churches, p. 26.
selves that a building erected about twelve hundred
years after Christ existed in the time of St. John,
and pleasantly fancy they can discern in the figure
of a Turkish lantern the representation of the host
and chalice.1 Again, a tazza forming part of one of
the fountains of ancient Ephesus, has been christened
by these zealous antiquaries2 as the font used by
St. John for baptizing the heathen, and each considers
it right to break off a small piece, in order to fulfil
"les petits devoirs d'un voyageur." Nor do they
respect St. John only; St. Paul comes in for an
equal share of their attention. They select one of
the best preserved towers of the city Avail' for his
prison,3 and one of them in the fervour of his zeal
slept in it a whole night. And as in Jerusalem
they point out the house of the rich man, the house
of the poor man, and the window out of which
Pontius Pilate looked; so here they show you the
tomb of the Virgin Mary,4 the tomb of Mary Mag-
dalene, the tomb of St. John, and the tomb of
Timothy; not to mention the tombs of the seven
sleepers.5
1 Van Egmont and Heyman, p. 112.
2 Van Egmont and Heyman, M. de Monconys, Le Brun.
8 Van Egmont and Heyman, Prokesch.
4 When Ephesus decreased in splendour she was obliged to give
up this source of profit to the more fortunate Jerusalem.
6 Arundell, Asia M. p. 253 ; Seven Churches, p. 26.