No Other gem ever had so exquisite a
setting as li. uitifnl < ter.essaret. Tile
waters wi re cl**al and sweet, nnd thickly
inhabited, tempting innumerable nets, and
;• holding a iiveliiiuod tor great popula
tions, Bethsuida, t'horazin and Caper
naum sto >d on tli.i bank, roaring with
wheels of traffic and Hashing with splendid
equipages, and shooting their vessels across
Hie lake, bringing in T.-hatidise for Damas
cus an 1 passing great cargoes ot wealthy
product. I'ha.sure boats of Roman gen
tlemen, and t: ■l:;ng smacks of the country
people who had eotne down to east a net
there, pass, d each other with nod and
. Pout and weir mie, or side by side swung
idly at the mooring. Palace and luxur
iant bath and vineyard, tower and shadowy
arbor, looked <>tf upon the calm, sweet
scene as tile evening shadows begat, to
drop, at.d Hertnon, with its Head coveted
with perpetual snow, in the glow of the
setting sun looked like a w I.ite-bearded
prophet r. ady to ascend in :> chariot ot
lire. I think we shall have u quiet night!
Not a leaf winks in the air. or a ripple
disturbs tlie surface of G. Illi, saret. The
shadows of the great headlands stalk clear
acre the water. Tlie voices of tin- even
ing tide, how drowsily they strike the
ear—Hi.- splash of the lioatnian's oar, and
the thumping of the captured tisli on the
boat's bottom, and those indescribable
sounds which till tlie air at nightfall. You
hasten up th" beach of the lake a little
way. and Hi re yn t lind an excitement
as o.' a a embarkation. A flotilla is push
ing out ft out tlie Western shore of the
lake—not a squadron witli deauly arma
ment; not a clipper to ply with valuable
tn. reli.i:: li- •; not piratic vessels with
grappling hook, to hug to death whatever
Huy could seize, but a flotilla laden with
in s <'tigers of li':ht and mercy and jieaee.
