Note V. I subjoin the following note for the information of travellers, that they may not have to pass the night outside the Jaffa gate, or on Fridays lose valuable time.
The gates of the city are all closed at sunset, the Jaffa gate a little later, that being the one by which all foot-passengers enter the city, and by which the inhabitants of the city go out for their walks. A person reaching Jerusalem after all the gates are closed can procure entrance by the Jaffa gate only, on obtaining a permit from the governor.
Every Friday at the hour of prayer (i.e. from noon to 1 P.M.) all the gates of the city are closed, and it is difficult to obtain permission to have them opened. This is done to allow time to the guards in charge for their devotions.
Note VI. The following are the names of the principal streets of Jerusalem:
Harat bâb-el-'Amud (the street of the Column-gate), crosses the city from North to South;
Souk el-Kebir (the street of the Grand Bazaar), runs from West to East, and is the same which in the time of the Crusades was called the Street of David;
Harat el-Alam (the Via Dolorosa), starts from the gate of S. Mary, passes to the barrack on Mount Moriah, then after bearing for a short way to the South in the Tyropœon valley, takes again a Westerly direction as far as the Porta Judiciaria;
Harat el-Naçâra (the street of the Christians), from the Holy Sepulchre to the Latin Convent;