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HOLY LASD, AND CYPRUS. 153
open space behind the walls, and soon arrived at the con-
vent of Latin monks—to whom I had been recommended
from that of the Propaganda at Cairo—said to stand on
Mount Gihon. Its gates were locked, and it was with some
difficulty I was allowed to enter, as the convent had been
shut to guard against the plague, which had begun to show
itself in the town.
The superior was asleep : I was obliged to remain in a
corridor for some minutes, before I was permitted to enter
the apartments destined for me. However, the delay and
difficulty of the first admission were compensated for after-
Avards by great kindness and attention on the part of all the
monks. I was received in the library by the superior, whose
office entitled him to all the honours and distinctions due to
a bishop ; and his hand was kissed by the monks who ap-
proached him. My letters of introduction ensured me wel-
come. Refreshments of lemonade and chocolate were im-
mediately brought. He attended me to my apartments, and
took leave.
I felt too fatigued by my journey to wish to begin any
visits to the objects of curiosity ; I contented myself with
enjoying the prospect presented from the terrace of the
convent, from which the most interesting points of Jerusalem
and its neighbourhood are to be distinguished: they are as
follows. Within the walls, the two cupolas of the church of
x
open space behind the walls, and soon arrived at the con-
vent of Latin monks—to whom I had been recommended
from that of the Propaganda at Cairo—said to stand on
Mount Gihon. Its gates were locked, and it was with some
difficulty I was allowed to enter, as the convent had been
shut to guard against the plague, which had begun to show
itself in the town.
The superior was asleep : I was obliged to remain in a
corridor for some minutes, before I was permitted to enter
the apartments destined for me. However, the delay and
difficulty of the first admission were compensated for after-
Avards by great kindness and attention on the part of all the
monks. I was received in the library by the superior, whose
office entitled him to all the honours and distinctions due to
a bishop ; and his hand was kissed by the monks who ap-
proached him. My letters of introduction ensured me wel-
come. Refreshments of lemonade and chocolate were im-
mediately brought. He attended me to my apartments, and
took leave.
I felt too fatigued by my journey to wish to begin any
visits to the objects of curiosity ; I contented myself with
enjoying the prospect presented from the terrace of the
convent, from which the most interesting points of Jerusalem
and its neighbourhood are to be distinguished: they are as
follows. Within the walls, the two cupolas of the church of
x