I. ENTERED BY THE JAFFA GATE.
II. STOOD IN THE PALACE OF CAIAPHAS.
Early Thursday morning, with bright anticipations, we started for a visit to Bethlehem. The drive of six miles over a good limestone road was one of much interest. Our dragoman pointed out the well where the wise men, stooping to drink, saw the reflection of the star in the water before they beheld the star itself in the sky.
CAMELS SINGLE AND CAMELS IN TRAINS.
"Why, how could that be?" inquired one of the party. "I thought the wise men were following the star."
But the guide did not attempt to explain. It was his business to state facts in which he had believed all his life; not to enter into disputes with unbelievers as to the truth of his statements. He showed us a great rock in the road where Elijah, wearied in his flight, lay down to rest. It seemed to be a hard bed for a tired man, but we remembered that in olden times rocks and caves were selected for sleeping-places and stones often served for pillows.
