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SCIOPTICON MANUAL. 107 Canaan 3780 years ago. Sarah died at Hebron, and Abraham then bought from Ephron, the Hittite, the cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb. Jacob gave commandment to his sons, " Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron, the Ilittite. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Kebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah." And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them, and buried him in the cave of Machpelah. The massive walls of the harem or mosque, within which the cave lies, forms the most remarkable object in the whole city. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty familie's are Jews. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, sur- rounded by rocky hills. " THE POOL OF SILOAM " is one of the few undisputed localities in Jerusalem, still retaining its old name. It is of no considerable size, being eighteen feet broad and nineteen deep. It is, however, never full, having in it usually about four feet of water. It is a complete ruin. It was to this pool that our Lord sent the blind man, after he had anointed his eyes with clay. It was to Siloam that the Levite was sent with the golden pitcher on the last day of the feast of Tabernacles, and from it he brought the water which was then poured over the sacrifice, in remembrance of the water that flowed from the rock Eephidim. GENESARET, OR SEA OF GALILEE. —This view exhibits a portion of that large inland sea through which the Jordan flows from north to south. It is some thirteen miles long and six broad, and is remarkable for the low- ness of the basin in which it lies, being about seven hundred feet below the level of the ocean. No less than