. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... be dispossessedof as many demons as was their ancient sister. At Mejdelbegins the celebrated Plain of Gennesaret. Formed by themountains suddenly receding inland, it is an open and levelplain two and a half miles wide and five long. Having theform of a crescent, it is encompassed on the west by ruggedmountains, and on the east it is washed by the sea. Equalingin fertility the Plains of
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... be dispossessedof as many demons as was their ancient sister. At Mejdelbegins the celebrated Plain of Gennesaret. Formed by themountains suddenly receding inland, it is an open and levelplain two and a half miles wide and five long. Having theform of a crescent, it is encompassed on the west by ruggedmountains, and on the east it is washed by the sea. Equalingin fertility the Plains of Jericho, it is well watered, and its soilis in part a rich black mould. No less than four streams flowthrough it to the lake, and, wherever cultivated, it yields abun-dantly. Portions of its shore-line consist of a thick jungle ofoleander, in Avhose branches birds of variant forms and of bril-liant colors carol the melody of their song. In his descriptionof this plain Josephus is as correct as he is eloquent. Refer-ring to the various kinds of trees which grew thereon, he callsthe place the ambition of nature, Avhere it forces those plantsthat are naturally enemies to one another to agree togeth- , m-^. FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 399 er.^ Were it cultivated witli intelligence and taste, it wouldbe the Paradise of Northern Palestine, producing the choicestfruits luxuriantly, and possessing an eternal spring. Even now,notwithstanding its neglected state, it is dotted with magnifi-cent corn-fields and with groves of dwarf palms; and whilefrom our feet quails sprang up at almost every step, the voiceof the turtle-dove Avas heard on every side. In the days ofour Lord it was the most densely populated part of the HolyLand, and through its beautiful gardens he was wont to pass,and in its thriving towns to teach his wondrous truths. Some-where on its whitened beach he and his disciples landed afterhe had walked upon the water ;2 and from that beach he step-ped into one of the two boats st
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