About three miles south of Bethlehem, they came to what are called the Cisterns of Solomon, three in number, of large dimensions, on the side of a hill.

Mr.Fisk was informed, that Jerusalem was supplied in part by an aqueduct, which carried its waters from those fountains.1 1 Dr.Robinson says that the modern aqueduct was mostly laid with tubes of pottery; but, northeast of Rachel's tomb, he saw "the traces of an ancient aqueduct which was carried _up the slope of the hill_ by means of tubes, or perforated blocks of stone, fitted together with sockets and tenons, and originally cemented." This was in 1842.

Dr.Eli Smith drew my attention in 1845 to the same thing.
Such stones are said to be seen nowhere else in that region.
The visit to Hebron had no important results.

During the five months spent at Jerusalem, seven hundred copies of Scripture were sold.

In the last six weeks, Mr.Fisk suffered from an attack of fever, with headache, restlessness, and tendency to delirium, and had no medical adviser.