There are many more tombs cut out of the rock.
From this place we reach the Jewish burial-ground.
The little village of Sila also lies in this valley.

It is so humble, and all its houses (which are constructed of stone) are so small, that wandering continually among tombs, the traveller would rather take them to be ruined resting-places of the dead than habitations of the living.
Opposite this village lies "Mary's Well," so called because the Virgin Mary fetched water here every day.

The inhabitants of Siloam follow her example to this day.

A little farther on is the pool of Siloam, where our Lord healed the man who was born blind.

This pool is said to possess the remarkable property, that the water disappears and returns several times in the course of twenty-four hours.
At the extremity of the valley of Jehosaphat a small hill rises like a keystone; in this hill are several grottoes, formed either by nature or art, which also once served as sepulchres.