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63 rapidly consuming them. This place was selected as the burial-place for pilgrims who died at Jerusalem in the middle ages. Such are the scenes that have passed in Hinnom it is like the scroll of the prophet, " written within and without with mourning, and lamentation and woe. " Before we descend from the summit of the Hill of Evil Counsel, we should perhaps notice a theory of the celebrated Dr. E. Clarke, that this was the real Mount Zion, Hinnom being the Tyropeon, and the present Mount Zio...n the Hill of Acra. (See Plan. ) This wild notion, which unsettles at once all the topography of the city, has been well disposed of by Dr. Robinson. Zion, we know, communicated with the temple-courts by a bridge, and a portion of that bridge still remains, lead- ing plainly across to the present generally-admitted site ; whereas, the hill on which we stand is nearly a mile distant across hill and valley, as may be seen by referring to the view, and never could have communi- cated with it, either by a bridge or otherwise.
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