Wilson, Charles W. [Hrsg.]; Fenn, Harry [Ill.]: Picturesque Palestine: Sinai and Egypt ; in 2 volumes (Band 1) (New York, 1881)

JERUSALEM.

once in three or four days.
The water is conveyed from
the spring to the Upper Pool
of Siloam (see page 77) by a
passage cut in the rock, and
thence runs down to irrigate some gardens.
Its taste is slightly salt and decidedly un-
pleasant, owing chiefly to the fact that the
water has filtered through the mass of
rubbish and filth on which the city stands. This
peculiarity in the taste is intensified at Siloam, as the
water passes over a slimy deposit, from two to three
inches deep, which covers the bottom of the passage.
The people make matters worse by bathing and washing
their clothes in the same place from which they draw
water for drinking purposes. The passage between
the spring and the Upper Pool of Siloam is seventeen

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ROCK TOMBS NORTH OF JERUSALEM.

The Tombs of the Judges on the road to Neby Sam-
wil, and the Tombs of the Kings on the road to
Nablus.