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"On board Bark Winthrop commanded by Capt. Shephard Blanchard October 10, 1853, Tuesday," a journal describing a journey from America to the Holy Land, [Almira Steinbeck diary] [196] 1853-10-10
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we went to the tomb of Simon the Just, said to have been built 167 years before Christ. This tomb also is cut in the rock. In the first apartment is a pool, filled with water in which all pious jews who visit this sacred place purify themselves before entering the inner apartment. They bring their boys here to cut their hair for the first time, and according to the weight of the hair a sum of money is given to poor jews.
We returned through Damascus gate.
Aug 18 With others we started for a trip to Bethlehem. We passed out Jaffa gate, passed “Mar Elias,” passed the stone on which Elijah rested when on his way to the Mount of God, visited Rachels tomb then on to Solomons pools, then on to Artos, where the immense aqueducts built by Solomon are now in a fairly good condition.
Here we met the English Consul with his sister from Hifia. They joined our party and we followed the aqueducts some way from the pools. Water is now carried from these pools to Jerusalem.