The "tomb Of Cain."

The early traditions concerning the city of Damaaciis are curious and interesting, even though untrustworthy and contra dictory. By some of the ancient writers it was maintained that the city stands on or near the site of the garden of Eden, and jnst outside there is a beautifnl meadow of red earth from which, it is eaid, God took the material from whicb he created Adam. This field is called Ager Damascenus, and near its center there formerly stood a pillar which was said to mark the precise spot where oor first parent was creHted. A few miles out there is an eminence called the Mountain of Abel, supposed by some to be the place where the first two btotbers offered their sacriflces, also tho spot where the first mur der was comroitted. The most interesticg spot pointed out, however, is about three leagues from the city, where an old ruin is shown which all the oriënt believe to be the toinb ot Oain. Tho traditions respecting this famons spot are known to antedate the Christian era by several -hundred years. Up to the time cf Vespasian the interior of the tomb is said to have been lighted and warmed by one of the "ever burning" iamps so cömmonly nsed by the