buried in the valley of Jehosaphat, whence they believe they will be called before others to the future life. The Jewish population of Jerusalem has largely increased in latter years, partly because of the great number of charitable institutions built and supported by Montefiore, the Rothschilds, and some other banker-kings. The Turkish government was so much alarmed by this invasion of Jews, that it issued an order forbidding them to remain in the Holy Land more than thirty days, and to settle there. The Turks are evidently afraid that the Promised Land will again pass into the possession of the Jews-and this will certainly happen some day.

This portrait was only obtained under a promise that it should not be hung in a Christian church.

39. A Rabbi.

Stipulated for a glass of brandy at each sitting.

40. A Rabbi.

41. Portrait of an Arab.

The Arabs came here with the Kalifs as conquerors. They have a good type, are hospitable, and belong mostly to the Sunni sect, of the Mohammedan religion. There are, however, many Christians now among them, large sums of money having been spent every year by different Christian sects. to attract Arab families to their faith. Often after having accepted help from one community, the Arab returns to his former faith, or allows himself to be converted to another religion where the reward is more substantial. This rivalry between the different Christian faiths is the cause of great corruption in the character of modern Arabs in the Holy Land.

42. An Arab Woman.

The type of the Arab woman may be called beautiful. It is common to meet women at places of public resort of striking beauty; but, like all Oriental women, they grow old very early. The poorer Arab women work very hard, while the rich look upon every kind of work as degrading, and pass their days in incessant chatter.

43. A Court of a House in Jerusalem.

A characteristic old building near Solomon's Wall, such as are ordinarily occupied by two or three families, who are constantly quarreling among themselves. While engaged at my work, I heard an incessant clatter proceeding from the shrill voices of women, mingled with occasional cries of children, the men very seldom interfering in these disputes. To make matters worse, the atmosphere in these picturesque courts was often insupportable from bad smells, and many of the children were suffering from different contagious disorders, such as small-pox.

45. The Holy Family, as I understand it, according to the following texts of the Gospel.

Matthew i., 25; xii., 46, 47, 48; xiii., 55, 56.--Mark iii., 31, 32, 33, 34, 55; vi., 3.-John ii., 12; vii., 3, 5, 10.

46. Jesus with John the Baptist on the Jordan. "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptised of him" (Matthew iii., 13). John vowed himself to the Lord; he neither cut his hair nor drank wine; from his youth he withdrew to the desert, where he lived in the most ascetic manner. "And John was clothed with

camels' hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins, and he did eat locusts and wild honey" (Mark i., 6).

He was an ascetic, resembling those ascetics who may still be seen in India, whence most probably the type came over to Judæa. The people regarded him as a Prophet or even as a Messiah, and for a long time the Priests and the Pharisees dared not undertake anything against him, notwithstanding his bold and loud condemnations of their life. and rules.

The people streamed to him to be baptised, as the sign of the adoption of the new principles. Christ, who at that time was very little known, came also to John, and was baptised with the others.

"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred before me, for he was before me'' (John i., 29, 30). "Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said unto him, 'Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another (Matthew xi., 2, 3). “And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out into the wilderness to see? .. A prophet? Yea, I say unto you and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written (Matthew xi., 7, 9, 10).

47. Jesus in the Desert.

"The spirit driveth him into the wilderness, and he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan" (Mark i., 12, 13).

Possibly Christ, on returning from Jordan, remained forty days in the desert in one of the numerous old grottoes of the so-called Mount Quarantania, and left the retreat only after hearing of John's imprisonment. Many times afterwards He