No doubt there was a moon, and by its quiet light he could see the heaps of rubbish, and the work of the fire which had destroyed the gates 150 years ago.

How sad and forsaken it all looked in the moonlight, as he turned '_towards_ the Dragon's well' (see Revised Version).

The site of this Dragon's Well is very uncertain, but it is generally identified with Upper Gihon.

It is sometimes confounded with the Virgin's Fount, called by the Arabs the Mother of Steps, because there are twenty-seven steps leading down to it, and the descent is very steep.

This is the only spring near Jerusalem, and its water is carried by an underground passage to the Pool of Siloam.