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VI. Lot and the Tree of the Cross 36
VII. The Last Hours or Aaron and Moses 39 Aaron’s shrine on Mount Hor.—Legend concerning his death.—Different accounts of the death of Moses.—Legend of Moses’ shepherd.
VIII. David and Solomon 44 David's piety.—Learns a trade.—His presumption and fall.—His remorse.—Solomon and the two birds.—The carob-tree.—Solomon’s death.
IX. El Khudr 51 The fountain of youth.—Dhuw’lkarnein and his companions.—El Khudr popularly identified with various saints.—His haunts and habits.—The insane asylum near the “Pools of Solomon.” —The holy stone.—Other shrines. —Elijah’s cave on Carmel.—An English doctor’s story.—St George and the Dragon. —Elijah’s Synagogue at Jerusalem.—El Khudr and Moses.
X. Simon the Just 62 His so-called tomb.—Biographical sketch.—Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.—Simon and the Nazarite.—Rabbi Galanti and the great drought.
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SECTION II
CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT
I. “Bab el Khalìl” or the Jaffa Gate 79 Origin of Name.—Antichrist.—Two cenotaphs.—Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar. — El ’Ozair.— An ass in Paradise.—El Edhemieh.—Rabbi Judah ha Levi.—Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate.
II. “Turset Braker Mamilla ”—Johha 83 Kubbet el ’Abd,—Legends,—Johha and his mother.—Johha and the donkeys.—Johha’s peg.—The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.—Johha’s neighbours.
III. “En Neri Daud” 89 En Nebi Daud and Ibn Faraj.—The dagger.—The Jewish washerwoman.
