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KASR HAJLA.
163
VALLEY OF THE JORDAN, FROM THE CONVENT OF
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
Known also as Kasr-el-Yehud, " the Jews' Tower."
no use is made of it by man; the
wild boars alone frequent it, and
paddle down the surrounding herbage.
There is not a vestige of a ruin, but
less than a mile distant is a pile of
buildings of the Christian epoch,
named from this spring, Kasr Hajla.
It is one of the best-preserved of the
curious group of monasteries founded
in and around this district by Jerome
and his followers. It is sometimes called also
Deir Mar Yuhanna, or the monastery of St. John.
Roofless and crumbling, its inner walls still retain
not only traces of frescoes, but some very distinct
figures of Greek saints, and inscriptions with the
colours perfectly fresh. Many of the arches stand
163
VALLEY OF THE JORDAN, FROM THE CONVENT OF
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
Known also as Kasr-el-Yehud, " the Jews' Tower."
no use is made of it by man; the
wild boars alone frequent it, and
paddle down the surrounding herbage.
There is not a vestige of a ruin, but
less than a mile distant is a pile of
buildings of the Christian epoch,
named from this spring, Kasr Hajla.
It is one of the best-preserved of the
curious group of monasteries founded
in and around this district by Jerome
and his followers. It is sometimes called also
Deir Mar Yuhanna, or the monastery of St. John.
Roofless and crumbling, its inner walls still retain
not only traces of frescoes, but some very distinct
figures of Greek saints, and inscriptions with the
colours perfectly fresh. Many of the arches stand