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Rh FIG. 11. — THE ABYSSINIAN MONASTERY BY THE ANASTASIS AT JERUSALEM.

This appears to be founded on the same illusion as to the shape of Solomon's temple as produced our round Templar churches in Europe. In Abyssinia itself the churches, at least in country districts, are said to be very poor structures — a round mud wall and thatched roof. I examined with some care the big church they built lately outside Jerusalem. Dull and ugly as this church is, it has an interest, since it reproduces the plan of their churches at home on a larger scale. It is built of stone, quite