burial places of the men by whom God formerly spoke to the people.  On the way to Bethany we passed the reputed site of Beth-page (Mark 11:1), and soon came to the town where Jesus performed the great miracle of raising Lazarus after he had been dead four days. (John 11:1-46.) The place pointed out as the tomb corresponds to the Scripture which says “It was a cave” where they laid him.  Twenty-six steps lead down to the chamber where his body is said to have lain when the “blessed Redeemer” cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”  Whether this is the exact spot or not, it is probably a very ancient cave.  One writer claims that it is as old as the incident itself, and says these rock-cut tombs are the oldest landmarks of Palestine.  Tradition points out the home of Lazarus, and there is a portion of an old structure called the Castle of Lazarus, which Lazarus may never have seen.  Bethany is a small village, occupied by a few Mohammedan families, who dislike the “Christians.”  On the rising ground above the village stands a good modern stone house, owned by an English lady, who formerly lived in it, but her servant, a Mohammedan, made an effort to cut her throat, and almost succeeded in the attempt.  Naturally enough, the owner does not wish to live there now, so we found the building in the care of a professing Christian, who treated us with courtesy, giving us a good, refreshing drink, and permitting us to go out on the roof to look around.

From this point we turned our footsteps toward Jerusalem, “about fifteen furlongs off”—­that is, about two miles distant. (John 11:18.) When we reached the lower part of the slope of Olivet, where the tombs of departed Jews are so numerous, Mr. Michelson and Mr. Jennings went on across the Kidron valley and back to their lodging places, while Mr. Ahmed, Mr. Smith and I went down to Job’s well, in the low ground below the city.  The Tower of Absalom, the Tomb of James, and the Pyramid of Zachariah were among the first things we saw.  They are all burial places, but we can not depend upon them being the actual tombs of those whose names they bear.  The first is a peculiar monument nineteen and one-half feet square and twenty-one feet high, cut out of the solid rock, and containing a chamber, which may be entered by crawling through a hole in the side.  On the top of the natural rock portion a structure of dressed stone, terminating in one tapering piece, has been erected, making the whole height of the monument forty-eight feet.  The Jews have a custom of pelting it with stones on account of Absalom’s misconduct, and the front side shows the effect of their stone-throwing.  The Grotto of St. James is the traditional place of his concealment from the time Jesus was arrested till his resurrection.  The Pyramid of Zachariah is a cube about thirty feet square and sixteen feet high, cut out of the solid rock, and surmounted by a small pyramid.  It has many names cut upon it in Hebrew letters, and there are some graves near by, as this