Tho two latter excell the whites in rapid
ity and thoroughness. One dollar per
box holding ten bushels is paid for
gathering, and nimble fingers are neo
cassary to till two boxes per day. The
drying of the herb in 'iro oven is a deli
cate operation, requiring the experience
of an expert, r.s its proper performance
gives value to the commodity.
Geunesaret
The lake of Geunesaret is about (he
size of Windermere, but rather broader.
It lies 682 feet below the level of the
Mediterranean, and is bordered on both
the east and west sides by steep dcclevi
tiee. hrom no part of the western shore
can its whole length bes en. but when
w.-l! out in the middle of it, near the
northern end, it seems to prolong itself
southward to infinity, the low land where
the Jordon leaves it not being visible.
The rocks which surround it ate not es
pecially beautiful, and there are hardly
any trees oa tha bank .Saeu uadsr a
gray northern sky it would seem very
commonplace. We have all of us visited
numbers o f lakes which in very many re
spects are its superiors. Atmosphere,
however, is a marvelous beentitier, and I
can not imagine there being two opinions
about the lovliness of the scene which
was presented to us on the 30th of De
cember. As we streaohed out into the
lake our eyes and thoughts were given to
the bread features of the landscape —to
the precipitous wall of cliffs which hold
np the great plateau of (he Jaulia; to
Hermon which rises grandly to the north
dominating this whole region and to the
clear waters over which we are gliding
under a sky which would have done
honor to the most perfect English June.
