It here winds round the side of these hills, and is afterwards carried through the plains to Jerusalem, on a level with the surface of the ground. * * * little beyond this place, we came to the pools of Solomon, as they are commonly called, for there is a tradition that these were made by him, as well as the aqueduct, which seems to be confirmed by a passage in Josephus, who says there were pleasant gardens abounding with water at Epham, about 50 furlongs, or 6 1-4 * miles from Jerusalem, to which Solomon used frequently to go. The Talmudists also mention that the water was brought by Solomon to Jerusalem, from the fountain of Epham, so that it is very probable these are the works of Solomon, as well as the aqueduct, though no express mention of it is made by any author, so as positively * * * to fix it to this place. The aqueduct is built on a foundation of stone, the water runs in round earthen pipes about 10 inches diameter, which are cased with two stones hewn so as to fit them, and they are covered over with rough stones well cemented together, and the whole so sunk in the ground on the sides of the hills, that in many is to be seen of it." places nothing

It seems, however, to have been reserved for Rome and her great race, to exhibit what science, united with labor and wealth, could accomplish in this way for the health,