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HOLT LAND, AND CYPRUS. 177PHINCIPAL MOSQUE AT AOKI.CHAPTER IV.Description and state of Jerusalem—Armenian, Chreek, and Latin convents-Disputes between them—Trait in Greek servant with r^ard to absolution—Jews—Government of Jerusalem—^Remarks on the excavations in the valleyof Jehoshaphat,JERUSALEM, known to the natives of Syria only by thename of El Kodts, a contraction from Medinat-el-Kadess,i, e, the Sacred City, stands on the west side of a valley, ofwhich the east is the Mount of Olives, It contains withinits walls several of the hills on which the ancient city wassupposed to have stood; these are only perceptible by theascent and descent of the streets.ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ2 A