The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-20


other fastened on with ) string so that it
would hang If no weight rested upon it,
and then set off for Nberias, by way of
Mt. Tabor. The>dsy was so delightful
that we loitered much more than we ought,
looking for different: kinds Of flowers
which grew in profusion. We left our
horses partly up the mountain and finish.
ed the ascent on foot. Mt. Tabor is 4
beautiful mountain, entirely different from
any other in the world. 1t rises alone
from the plain Of Esdraelon to the height
Of l,50O feet above the plain, and 2, 700
feet above the sea, in shape, when seen
from the north or south, like the segment
of circle, and from east or west like
| truncated cone. 1t commands one of the
finest views in Palestine.
We climbed to the top of one of the
ruins which cover the summit and looked
around.
Spread out for long distance before
and around us in the rich plain Of Es-
| draelon, now checkered in large squares of
plowed and green land. Little Hermonis
before us, and On its rside the villages of
! Main and Endor, the former the scene If
the raising Of the Widows son, and the
latter where Saul consulted the witch and
received the prophecy Of his death. Be-
hind US is Great Hermon, covered with
| snow. East and southeast We follow the
| course OF the Jordan, and the mountains
| Of Moab, until the heavy haze, which al.
ways hangs over the valley, shuts off the
| view. To the northeast is the Sea of Gal.
lice, with Great Hermon beyond it. The
| VESTS bounded by the hills Of Nazareth,
Mt. Camel and the Mediterranean.
There is Greek convent on the top,
and the cistern in which they catch the
water attracted my attention. A largo
square Of ground about forty feet ON each
side was cemented over in such way that
| the water that fell on it would all run into
the cistern in the centre.
The muleteers, one of whom owned two
| of the horses and the other servant of
the owner of the rest, had strongly OBJ
jected to our riding the horses up the
moutain, and so We dismounted. When we
wished to come down we sent for Mrs.
Judson's horse, and We soon saw it COM
ing up with the muleteer. an immense
! man, on its back. The poor animal was
all in foam and completely tired out.
The rest Of us ran down the side of the
mountain, doing in about ten minutes
what had taken us an hour to climb.
| We now passed through fertile coun-
try filled with groves Of stumpy though
large oak, which bore acorns positively
j immense.
There was nothing more especially in
teresting until we came within an hour Of
Tiberias. Here was the most perfect in
stance imaginable of scene bursting up.
on our views.
We were all racing along good road,
which apparently reached for long dis.
lance. when We came to sort of jumping
of place so suddenly that we had to turn
our horses right about to avoid running
off the edge. Here was an extremely
deep descent Of a thousand feet, and at
the bottom the Sea of Galilee and the
town Of Tiberias, apparently right at our
feet. I only knew the height Of the hill
on which we were by my barometer. Many
have said that there is nothing attractive
about tho lake, but coming suddenly upon
the sight as it did, just at sunset, it seem.
ed very beautiful to me.
| AS it was rapidly getting dark, and the
road seemed tad, Mr.. Hanna and thought
that we would go on as far as the path
seemed straight and then wait for Gabriel
who was behind. We took the wrong
path, with all our care, at place where
several tracks ran parallel to each
other for some distance, and
then separated. We went on while and
then stopped, and shouted. We shouted
at intervals for fifteen minutes, and then
went into the city. By great good for
tune, We found man that spoke German,
and he took us to the convent where we
wished to go. We had to walk q part of
the way, and got into all sorts Of filth.
Their sewers consist Of open cutters in
the middle Of the street which is about
six feet wide. There were from four to
six inches Of water and refuse in these
cutters, and we stepped in them every
little while. When we reached the con
vent, we found that Gabriel had gone to
hunt US up.
We had intended to 20 to Tell Him,
the generally accepted site Of Capernaum,
in the morning by boat, but as there are
only two boats on the lake, the boatmen
were very independent, and we could
make no arrangement with them. So We
contented ourselves with a ride on the
lake, going out far enoug h to see from a
distance the sites of Magdala, the birth.
I place IF Mary Magdalene, Capernaum, and
Bethsaida; and afterwsrd walk to the
hot springs.
i Immediately after having assembled the