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io2 PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
The modern supply of water is derived from springs, wells, cisterns, pools, or reservoirs,
and springs connected with the city by aqueducts.
The only true spring known to exist in Jerusalem at the present day is the " Fountain
VALLEY OF HINNOM, FROM THE NORTH-WEST ANGLE OF THE CITY WALL.
On the right is the aqueduct from Solomon's Pools, which crosses the valley just above the Birket es Sultan, commonly called the Lower Pool
of Gihon. The large building within the city walls, surrounded with trees, is the Armenian Monastery.
of the Virgin." This spring has a constant though small flow of water, and also an
intermittent one, which appears to depend upon the rainfall, and which consists in a sudden
THE BIRKET MAMILLA, COMMONLY CALLED THE UPPER POOL OF GIHON.
Surrounded by Moslem tombs. In the background the Jaffa Gate is shown, with the Citadel on the right and the Anglican Church on the left.
increase of the ordinary flow. In winter there are from three to five flows per diem ; in
summer two ; later on, in autumn, only one ; but after a dry winter the flow takes place only
The modern supply of water is derived from springs, wells, cisterns, pools, or reservoirs,
and springs connected with the city by aqueducts.
The only true spring known to exist in Jerusalem at the present day is the " Fountain
VALLEY OF HINNOM, FROM THE NORTH-WEST ANGLE OF THE CITY WALL.
On the right is the aqueduct from Solomon's Pools, which crosses the valley just above the Birket es Sultan, commonly called the Lower Pool
of Gihon. The large building within the city walls, surrounded with trees, is the Armenian Monastery.
of the Virgin." This spring has a constant though small flow of water, and also an
intermittent one, which appears to depend upon the rainfall, and which consists in a sudden
THE BIRKET MAMILLA, COMMONLY CALLED THE UPPER POOL OF GIHON.
Surrounded by Moslem tombs. In the background the Jaffa Gate is shown, with the Citadel on the right and the Anglican Church on the left.
increase of the ordinary flow. In winter there are from three to five flows per diem ; in
summer two ; later on, in autumn, only one ; but after a dry winter the flow takes place only