faire sur, like conquérir sur

,, 12. la fontaine, sur la route de Damas : this road v.as one

of the main appioaches to the city, eommonly laken from

the north and cast of the country.

., 13. Béthanie (El Asarigeh), situated about one and a half miles

from Jérusalem, near the Mountof Olives; cf. St. Luke xi.\. 29. ,, 16. le diacre saint Philippe: cf. Acts of the Apostles viii.

.. 17. Candace, the name of a séries of queens of Meroe ; cf.

Pharaoh and Ptolemy.

,, 31. Gaston de Béarn : Béarn, once a division in South-W'est

France, now belonging to Department of Basses- Pyrénées.

Gaston (1088-1130), surnamed Le Croisé, came as a knight

of Raymond of Toulouse.

78. 12. seconder : pronounce c=g, as in le second, une seconde.

,, 24. parvinrent à : /<ir:r« />=/■(.'«««>. Kolice un pan'enu, 'an

upstart. ' ,, 25. le solitaire : cf. text p. 74, 1. 7.

79. 3. faire une procession : probably suggested by the narrative

of the siège of Jéricho in the book of Joshua ; cf. Joshua vi. ,, 25. pierre mystérieuse de Jacob : cf. Genesis xxviii. 18, 19;

x.xxi. 45 ; XXXV. 14, 15. Probably the incident of the last

référence has niost point.

,, 27. la maison de Dieu : the name found in Arabie chronicles

for Jérusalem is Beit-el-Makdis, ' the holy house. ' El Konds,

' the sacred one," is the Arabie name in ordinary use.