[119] 2 Kings ii. 19-23.
[120] Paradise Regained, Book I. v. 295, &c.
[121] Among these he found, with great delight, a very curious new cimex or bug, p. 129.
[122] Journey, p. 80.
[123] Paradise Regained, Book II. v. 281.
[124] A Visit to Egypt, &c. p. 285.
[125] Travels of Ali Bey, vol. ii. p. 251.
[126] The Mussulmans say prayers in all the holy places consecrated to the memory of Jesus Christ and the Virgin except the Tomb of the Holy Sepulchre, which they do not acknowledge. They believe that Jesus Christ did not die, but that he ascended alive into heaven, leaving the likeness of his face to Judas, who was condemned to die for him; and that, in consequence, Judas having been crucified, his body might have been contained in this sepulchre, but not that of Jesus Christ. It is for this reason that the Mussulmans do not perform any acts of devotion at this monument, and that they ridicule the Christians who go to revere it—Ali Bey, vol. ii. p. 237.
[127] Chateaubriand. Itinéraire, tom. ii. p. 169.
[128] Journey, p. 76.