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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Luke, x:34.)-- About half-way between Jerusalem
and Jericho there stands to-day an inn that is said to occupy the site of the ancient inn where the good Samaritan carried
the man who had fallen and been beaten among the thieves. This is the place where travelers take dinner on their way from
Jerusalem to Jericho. This region of country still abounds with thieves, thus making it necessary for every one who passes
this way to go under guard. This guard is furnished travelers by the sheik of the country, whose headquarters is at the Apostle's
Fountain, about four miles east of Jerusalem. Our Savior seized upon the event of the man falling among thieves and being
shunned by the priests and Levites, but ministered to by the good Samaritan, to teach the world charity, and to treat every
one as his neighbor." "Vol 2" and "C2" are printed beneath the text
Squarish stone enclosure and entrance; gentle hills surround the stone walls
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