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324 CliURCH OV THE ANNUNCIATION.
tend, beyond doubt, to show the very place where
the Virgin was sitting when.'he angel appeared to
her, and of course you must believe them if you can.
Although we did not come as pilgrims to holy places
pointed out in legendary tradition, yet we felt dispo-
sed to visit the noted places to be shown. We re-
paired to the Latin Church of Annunciation. The
interior of this building is plain, with massive arches,
and the walls are hung with red damask, giving the
whole a rich lustre. There are two fine organs in
it, and a monk played some soft melodious airs while
we remained. Near the altar the floor rises, and
there is an ascent to it by steps. Under this is a
grotto, in which it is said the Virgin once lived,
and where she received the salutation of the angel
Gabriel. This grotto is now a chapel. There are
some smaller rooms connected with it, which are said
to have constituted parts of Joseph's and Mary's
house.
In another part of the town is Joseph's Workshop,
where he wrought at the carpenter's trade, as the
monks have it. It however presents a small place of
very ancient appearance. A remnant of the syna-
gogue, too, is shown where Christ by reading a por-
tion from the prophecy of Isaiah, and applying it to
himself, so exasperated the Jews that they rose up
and thrust him out of the city. In another small
chapel was shown us the table at which it is said that
Christ repeatedly ate with his disciples, both before
and after his crucifixion. It is a large flat stone about
three feet high and forty in circumference.
At the south-west part of the town is a small Ma-
tend, beyond doubt, to show the very place where
the Virgin was sitting when.'he angel appeared to
her, and of course you must believe them if you can.
Although we did not come as pilgrims to holy places
pointed out in legendary tradition, yet we felt dispo-
sed to visit the noted places to be shown. We re-
paired to the Latin Church of Annunciation. The
interior of this building is plain, with massive arches,
and the walls are hung with red damask, giving the
whole a rich lustre. There are two fine organs in
it, and a monk played some soft melodious airs while
we remained. Near the altar the floor rises, and
there is an ascent to it by steps. Under this is a
grotto, in which it is said the Virgin once lived,
and where she received the salutation of the angel
Gabriel. This grotto is now a chapel. There are
some smaller rooms connected with it, which are said
to have constituted parts of Joseph's and Mary's
house.
In another part of the town is Joseph's Workshop,
where he wrought at the carpenter's trade, as the
monks have it. It however presents a small place of
very ancient appearance. A remnant of the syna-
gogue, too, is shown where Christ by reading a por-
tion from the prophecy of Isaiah, and applying it to
himself, so exasperated the Jews that they rose up
and thrust him out of the city. In another small
chapel was shown us the table at which it is said that
Christ repeatedly ate with his disciples, both before
and after his crucifixion. It is a large flat stone about
three feet high and forty in circumference.
At the south-west part of the town is a small Ma-