Syria from the saddle . onal and mostprobable spot where the five thousand sat down bycompanies on the green grass and were miraculouslyfed by Christ. Farther down, to the right, betweenMagdala and Bethsaida, lies another green space close tothe lake and partly covered with low trees. Here it wasthat the three thousand are believed to have been fed. The stone-walled enclosure just below the meadow ofFive Thousand marks the site of Capernaum; somedistance to the south, along the lake, are a fishermanshut and a tent— all that remains of Bethsaida. Beyondthis, and far behind the Plain of the Thre
Syria from the saddle . onal and mostprobable spot where the five thousand sat down bycompanies on the green grass and were miraculouslyfed by Christ. Farther down, to the right, betweenMagdala and Bethsaida, lies another green space close tothe lake and partly covered with low trees. Here it wasthat the three thousand are believed to have been fed. The stone-walled enclosure just below the meadow ofFive Thousand marks the site of Capernaum; somedistance to the south, along the lake, are a fishermanshut and a tent— all that remains of Bethsaida. Beyondthis, and far behind the Plain of the Three Thousand,rises a mountain at whose base is a patch of grass, greenall the year. The mountain has two horns, that nearestthe strip of verdure being the scene of the Sermon onthe Mount. Opposite this, to the northwest, is a highermountain on whose top, the highest point in Galilee, isthe city of Safed, visible for miles on every side. Atthis city our Lord may have looked when, preaching infull sight of it He said, —. SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE. 147 A city set upon a hill cannot be hid. Here too the orthodox Jews of Syria prophesy thatChrist will pause on His earthward journey, just before his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives. Farther on, beside the lake, near the spot where thevivid green merges into dull brown, lies what is left ofMagdala; beyond this, on the western shore, a dirtyyellowish-gray city runs out into the water itself. Thiscity is the Tiberias of to-day and of eighteen hundredyears ago. We never hear of Christs entering orpreaching in this town, which is strange, since, at thetime of His ministry, it must have been an importantplace. On the opposite side of the Lake are some mountainsthat have formed unending sources of delight to legendmakers. Scarcely a peak is free from at least onetradition. The favorite tradition hangs about a cone-shaped hill near the water. This is supposed to bethe steep place whence the herd of swine rushedviolently into the sea. Th
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