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JERUSALEM.
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direction the raging mob bursts in upon the troops, who pour
out of the Church at the south-east corner. The procession is
broken through, the banners stagger and waver. They stagger,
and waver, and fall, amidst the flight of priests, bishops, and
standard-bearers hither and thither before the tremendous |§
rush. In one small but compact band the Bishop of Petra
(who is on this occasion the Bishop of ' the Fire,' the repre-
sentative of the patriarch) is hurried to the Chapel of the
Sepulchre, and the door is closed behind him. The whole
church is now one heaving sea of heads. One vacant
spot alone is left—a narrow lane from the aperture
A SHOEMAKER'S SHOP, JERUSALEM.
Mohammedan shoemakers at work.
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direction the raging mob bursts in upon the troops, who pour
out of the Church at the south-east corner. The procession is
broken through, the banners stagger and waver. They stagger,
and waver, and fall, amidst the flight of priests, bishops, and
standard-bearers hither and thither before the tremendous |§
rush. In one small but compact band the Bishop of Petra
(who is on this occasion the Bishop of ' the Fire,' the repre-
sentative of the patriarch) is hurried to the Chapel of the
Sepulchre, and the door is closed behind him. The whole
church is now one heaving sea of heads. One vacant
spot alone is left—a narrow lane from the aperture
A SHOEMAKER'S SHOP, JERUSALEM.
Mohammedan shoemakers at work.