The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-01
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HArrA, Dec. 26-In reading the works OF
DR.. Kitto and other writer's who have endeav-
ored to present picture OF the manners and
customs OF tho population which Inhabited
Palestine in ancient times have been much
struck by the erroneous impressions which the
descriptions OF those writers are calculated to
convey in many i'm portant respects. This has
arisen from the fact that while they have por-
trayed with tolerable accuracy the rude
civilization Of the original Inhabitants
and the subsequent civilization graft
ed upon IL by their Jewish conquer
ors. they have left out Of consideration
tho changes worked upon. and the mcdiflca-
lions introduced into. the social conditions
thus produced by that still higher and later
civilization which resulted from Greek and
Roman invasions. Thus while they carefully
trace back the habits OF the modern fcllahin.
and show that they differ slightly from those OF
the peasantry Of tho country In the time OF
Christ. and invoke the testimony OF modern
Bedouins as evidence Of mode OF life which
sae s days 81 n abTahsS% They ieaSs on!
Of account altogether that megniflcent
found the traveller with its splendor and lie
barbarism which has succeeded 1t. and Vnich,
sap a 'I Hence It H. that these wrtsEs
have found, those resemblaness between the
we're SO much struck, and which they have
We are so S ach IN the habit q eosi'nna our
Rs y G this s tsa !. viii IL sss
many WITH surPrlsn to learn tsat 5hS mSst
and ssiencos reached so high a pi,cb: That
and iuxGrSus. its - ars&teesarS 80 grand It's
commerce SO ilourishinY. md ,ts civ'iizaii2n
Independence. and was only a Roman province.
but IL il lust because it was one, and not jew;
condition at the time of Christ ia apt to DO so
my notlea 't in IA" recent H ifIp WHEN have madS
along the shores OF tho Sea Of Calico. moro es;;
eastern coasts. whore, the evidences 81 the
wealth and luxury of the former inhabitants
rsaiing In the Gsspcis tbs narrative Of the
works and life OF Christ {. much q which was
the cities of which lie, for some timo took UP
HIS aS1dS most Of US have prp Soy
Jewish and SSSnS Eon closely ELK
jewish his,ory With ,h Nh ThGR We are fanilisr
from that being the case. the part of tho eoun-
try in which His ministrati9ns we're prneraliy,
teH9d al paets Of
| ments. Nowhere else in Palestine was there
snSn Of f hs ana hopa 1 fb al
| lake. Nowhere else could the Jewish reformor
come into, closer contact with the rites oil IL
On the shores OF til 8 lake might be seen tenn
oo eSnm her
namented with fauitiessly carved statues to tho
aces 9, 81 the Hamsn Shy the
tastefully decorated villas OF rich citizens. with
STREAMS VIXEN haye their source 81 mi ,Ge pan
| OF Gennescreth and the noighboring hills. Hero
were broad avenues and populous thorough
resi- .
| 30 much wealth and magfcence had attract.
c Of tho East and the creek
Islands traders ana visitors from pRamasens
nG hs Sn f 81 ,ns Iabb
}ostiinH priests OF tho Worship OF the sun. and
Roman s9ldet e, sWasgerng across the mar ;tt
produce Of their fields and Gardens for sale.
soors Of the as
whom tho Great Teacher selected to be, tho
tor ~ o s 10 ss sn acne 1he
Thus ,S IT Was as roaG nlons the MARIN " the
A shores in BY the iaht Of Si"'e
mains with which they are etill strewn, and.
nsh to fancy II It's now eoomy Shores aboss
Of s sH %A eS
connected them. and to illuminate its now
iyshted boats skim mh 'U over its :" smooth
surface. containing noble ladies and gailants
festiVity or indagins in moon nloonlight rienies.
s,s. sRa p4Ysate T ana IL IL ta Il
ssxen S FshS Sm a ef CAS-
more wicked than Tyre, or ers sd2n or even
DAY ha' MSaa sr 'sst os in
for tho ,threo Ilo was denouncing. That
greates splendor. md was puired up tReretPro
| with the pride OF its own pomp end niagni-
a S "S Wah npSS
aIled unto hesysn:" 1t NAY hays been because
nonrs 10 havo boon the largest on the lake. and
| therefore the most in neod OF His ministra-
Hepss ea nor S be tasd
own city This circumstance invests 1t with
Unfortunately. q violent contos. RACES be-
tween PalestaaoIosistS II may be ali?Ted to
nov called khRn ,sh as1 To %%
Fssearehes Of Sir GRares W,isSn. on behalf i1 .!
that secoHp.ishsd arehoiogiss and dp e"ren
nrore that hs tho true ste s Of hs 4 wa
texts relied up3n by the aisPptants to mantain
distance tho accounts d Iosenhus. and Of early
nrS or Ar ws he b sn'ec o hrs
onsy 10 the eS s Hum but khaa
9r a, las@
tionably the site OF whit once city. and
as 1t Is highly picturesque spot and one,
not Capcrnaum Itself, within three miles Of
| that city and therefore a spot which must haye
been the scene OF Some of Christ's labors. will
| begin by describing 1t.
| The plain Of Gennesareth. tho unriyalled far
tlity and luyuriance, OF which though it is now
uncultivated,I described in n former letter when
| ] crossed it eighteen months ago on my way
TO Saied. is terminated at its northern eytrem-
| ity by II mountain range. which projects in
| lofty and precpitous crag into tho lake, md
Bile; THIS projection forms n little bay, or
rather rusl:grown lagoon. running back into
stream. powerful enough. however, to turn
"a mill. 1t IL this building and the ruins
| OF nn ancient khan near il. which
was itself constructed from tho remains
Of an ancient city about three hundred Yards