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VII. 39 Aaron’s shrine on Mount Hor.—Legend concerning his death.—Different accounts of the death of Moses.—Legend of Moses’ shepherd.

VIII. 44 David's piety.—Learns a trade.—His presumption and fall.—His remorse.—Solomon and the two birds.—The carob-tree.—Solomon’s death.

IX. 51 The fountain of youth.—Dhuw’lkarnein and his companions.—El Khudr popularly identified with various saints.—His haunts and habits.—The insane asylum near the “Pools of Solomon.” —The holy stone.—Other shrines. —Elijah’s cave on Carmel.—An English doctor’s story.—St George and the Dragon. —Elijah’s Synagogue at Jerusalem.—El Khudr and Moses.

X. 62 His so-called tomb.—Biographical sketch.—Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.—Simon and the Nazarite.—Rabbi Galanti and the great drought.

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SECTION II CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT I.  79 Origin of Name.—Antichrist.—Two cenotaphs.—Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar. — El ’Ozair.— An ass in Paradise.—El Edhemìeh.—Rabbi Judah ha Levi.—Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate.

II. 83 Kubbet el ’Abd,—Legends,—Johha and his mother.—Johha and the donkeys.—Johha’s peg.—The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.—Johha’s neighbours.

III. 89 En Nebi Daûd and Ibn Faraj.—The dagger.—The Jewish washerwoman.