The Arabs Who Inhabit The Valley Of The Jordan
Invariably Put To Death Any Person Who Is Known To Have
Been even the
innocent cause of firing the grass, and they have made it a public law
among themselves, that
Even in the height of intestine warfare, no one
shall attempt to set his enemy’s harvest on fire. One evening, while at
Tabaria, I saw a large fire on the opposite side of the lake, which
LAKE OF TIBERIAS
[p.332] spread with great velocity for two days, till its progress was
checked by the Wady Feik.
The water of the lake of Tiberias along its shores from Medjdel to the
hot-wells, is of considerable depth, with no shallows. I was told that
the water rises during the rainy season, three or four feet above its
ordinary level, which seems not at all improbable, considering the great
number of winter torrents which empty themselves into the lake. The
northern part is full of fish, but I did not see a single one at
Szammagh at the southern extremity.[See p. 276] The most common species
are the Binni, or carp, and the Mesht (Arabic), which is about a foot
long, and five inches broad, with a flat body, like the sole. The
fishery of the lake is rented at seven hundred piastres per annum: but
the only boat that was employed on it by the fishermen fell to pieces
last year, and such is the indolence of these people, that they have not
yet supplied its loss.
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