Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-31
lgRE RIVER JORDAN.
A Stroll ling Angler Along the Sacred
River H's Banks-Ice.LIke DeWs
Of Herman.

fi1s10 !aka5hSb IAauWSt eAAO osSSso W
RiVefN's BankS-lce.LIke Dew
Of Herman.
The un was an hour above tn
Wester'A hills. So I took out ligh
rod ans hook OF flies and smaI
splnners and went up to the Sprins
! where t%ae waters began their course
What sh might be in the river ant
! what III les to use knew not. Bnt i
ls vry Yceertain that if there be any
game fRh in any river or lake ju
diclous uae Of flies or spinners viii
bring tlb ben to hand.
The oavernous opening i'll the pre-.
clplton5 rock Of the hill, ont OF which
the sprSdg once flowed, has crumbled,
and thE Ee clear water gushes and bub-
bles orE in countless little springs
among khe debris. Remains of pagan
Sorshig are numerous, for the Ro.
mans .s well as their Phnnician
predec}ssors in power. had cultivated
here t he reverence and worship of
the god L of the water, the woods and
the ox|er regions.
Turning my back on the old myths,
L besJn to whip the atream where
the va slrious oozings Of the fountain
gathered in somewhat smooth Aow
for little. There was host of
small fish not three inches long, and
at eveey cast | would take one or
two. But these young descendants
Of th9 sacred fish Of olden times
were untitled to respect, and we're
carefully restored. ] have alwaya
regretted that l made no careful
notes of the characteristics Of tha
lish- Etsoek in the sea of Galilee and
in va5ious parts of the Jordan.
then afrposed that they were Known
to the books and catalogue lave
since(ound that no one .escribed
the 3 afious familiey 1t ia a cub.
lect &f manifest 5srest. then
only slid to myself: "These seem to
be solIe Of the ANAL fry Of the perch
family. and I began to follow down
the ST. cam, seeking larger fish.
ESsn. the very start Of the river
(began.a series OF white plunges.
windi[g up its course, Iashing itself
into eilliona Of sparkling bubbles
too gy and evanescent to be called
ioam;' pitching, tossing, furious
There was no place or use for spin
ner, tg or bait Never was more
noble torrent. Crossing it was im-
possible. Down, down, down fol.
lowed and followed content, ior the
seT EUcls ostarac, wax w0rrr
ing. Still the sun went down.
over the Lebanon and the night
oming.
se by the bank Of the stream
& a group Of Arabs--six men
syunding 4 small fire Of few
of grass and weeds. They
med stranger with frank cor
y and pressed me to share their
pg meal, which they were then
here abont to eat. 1t consisted
Ugh, flat cakes Of bread, roasted
and Jordan water. The snaila
roasted in the ashes big, fat
s, the shells nearly two inches
meter. Roast snails are not at
be despised. l had eaten them
| ate them with the Arabs
and somewhere l have two or
OF those giant shells, kept as a
rial Of the hospitality Of Le-
Arabs to strolling'angler.
kh overhead the snow clad sum.
the sheik Of mountains, Her.
Of old, was glowing in the light
sun, which had gone down be. e
Sidon on the waters OF the E
sea. A deep gloom seemed to
bnring into the Southern view,
}, away between the ranges OF
The gorges deepeurd downward.
d Capernium and Chora2in and :
aida, toward the sea Of death !,
d wind swept down, making the
on dews to seem ice-like instead ,
i. :
wly. rod in hand, without lish
nbed the hill toward the tenta
ag the olive trees at Banias. The {.
light faded on Helmon. 1t was i
before 7 reached home, for tents |
ZONES, though they be movable I
5s, and all our homes are at best
,amping p..aces. London i1h ,
Baltimore Day makea this j..
"O' the 10000 men mostly
bd) who voted lor Chamberlain :
600 could vote il they lived in
% Island Nearly if not qui'e ,
out Of ten world he disfran.