. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . ad been drivenoff the moon arose,1 and cast a brilliant light all roundus, and then we felt that danger was past ; and leavingsome one to watch we went to bed again. My wifevery philosophically went to sleep, but I lay awake,thinking what was best to be done ; and not feelingsure that the men might not return with a larger force,it occurred to me that if we remained another night atUmkeis we should run a great risk of being attackedagain, and there was of course no assistance obtainablein this wild plac
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . ad been drivenoff the moon arose,1 and cast a brilliant light all roundus, and then we felt that danger was past ; and leavingsome one to watch we went to bed again. My wifevery philosophically went to sleep, but I lay awake,thinking what was best to be done ; and not feelingsure that the men might not return with a larger force,it occurred to me that if we remained another night atUmkeis we should run a great risk of being attackedagain, and there was of course no assistance obtainablein this wild place. I therefore rose up before dawn,and finding that George agreed in this opinion, we hadthe tents taken down, loaded the mules, descended onfoot the very steep hillside which led to the gorge ofthe Yarmuk : and forded the beautiful stream at thebottom fringed deep with red flowered oleanders whichrose above our heads as we sat on horseback. 1 The moori plays an important part in a desert country. Ifthe moon be with thee thou needst not care for the stars (Burck-hardts Arabic Proverbs).. SOUTH END OF THE SEA OK GALILEE. CHAPTER IX. THE SEA OF GALILEE. The gentleness of heaven is on the sea.—Wordsworth. THE ford was a difficult one to cross, owing to thelarge stones and rocks forming the bed of the river,and the depth of the water caused by the recentrains. Ascending the bank on the other side we cameto the sulphur springs of A math a. Twenty or thirtyArabs were quartered here for the sake of the is nothing in the shape of a bathing-house,although the remains of Roman buildings which, nodoubt were once sumptuous bath-houses, exist ; butsome of the people had tents to shelter them. Thebaths consist of two large pools of perfectly clear hotsulphur water in which the patients sit, one beingappropriated to the men, and the other to the is an abundant supply of sulphurous water at atemperature of 1150. 86 WITH THE BEDUINS. Mounting up the cliffs above the
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