Sherif. There are five gates : the Damascus gate in the centre of the north side ; St. Stephen's gate on the east, a little to the north of the Haram ; the Water or Dung gate, in the Tyropceon valley, with the Sion gate on the south side, and the Jaffa gate immediately under the walls of the city on the west. The main street is about three-fifths of a mile long, and bisects the city from north to south ; from this the other streets run, for the most part, at right angles ; that which follows the direction of the north wall of the Haram being called the Via Dolorosa, and containing the Boman archway known as the " Ecce Homo Arch." The city is divided into quarters, defined by the intersection of the principal street, and that which crosses it at right angles from the Jaffa gate to the Bab es Silsileh, one of the gates of the Haram ; they are named after the different sects to whom they are appropriated.* The Mohammedan quarter comprises the north-east portion of the town, also, of course, including the Haram Area; the Christian quarter is in the north-west ; the Jewish quarter consists of all the south-eastern part, except so much of it as it covered by the Haram ; and the remaining quarter, the hill of Sion, on the south-west, is appropriated to the Armenians. The mountains which encompass Jerusalem are dull and unvaried in outline, and, being composed of white limestone, there is an utter absence of all pleasing variety of colouring. Nor does the intense clearness of the atmosphere add much to the general effect, diminishing as it does the distance, and dwarfing the proportions of all around. ' The view from the Mount of Olives, situated immediately to the east of the city, alone forms an exception to the monotony of the general appearance of the neighbourhood, and from this really fine views are obtained. Looking on the city itself, the eye rests upon the graceful form and rich colouring of the Dome of the Bock, standing in its * For these particulars sec the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, 1864-5.