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camp. Took our last look at Nazareth, cradled in its 

 basin of hills, as we crossed over to its N.E. into the 

 basin which contains Sefurieh, about 4 miles distant, 

 once the Roman capital of Galilee. It is situated on a 

 hill strongly placed, and fine olive grounds surrounding 

 it, and immense cactus hedges, 12 and 16 feet high. 

 A pond west of the town, surrounded by high cactus, 

 reminded me of India. Our object was the ruins of 

 Cana of Galilee (Kana el Jelil), and we had much 

 trouble to find it, and had to go across corn fields ad 

 libitum. It is situated on the south side of the moun- 

 tains to the north of the great Plain of Sefurieh which 

 stretches away to the west and east of it, more the 

 latter, becoming in this direction a regular marsh, with 

 plenty of water, through which many storks were 

 wading. Kana, " the reedy," came doubtless from 

 this. It is now a mass of ruins on a rounded hillside, 

 full in the sun. We found three great wells, from one 

 of which the pitchers were probably filled at the feast. 

 Lunched at the head of the swampy east extremity of 

 the plain, and then passed over the low watershed and 

 caught our first glimpse of the Sea of Galilee. It 

 looked simply beautiful, so blue and graceful far below 

 us, and the wild Galilean hills, with the dim form of the 

 snowy Hermon, and the purple, straight-topped eastern 

 hills guarding it. Shortly after commencing the 

 descent we put up a fine doe gazelle at 50 yards from 

 a field of corn, surrounded by wild rocky hills. She 

 made away to the mountains, but I turned her at 200 

 yards with a revolver bullet of Ibraham's revolver. 

 The town of Hattin is beautifully situated and most 

 luxuriant. Gigantic olives, pomegranates, oranges, and 

 rank masses of wild-flowers, and tall corn all mixed 

 through each other. We ascended the Horns of 

 Hattin which rise high behind, and to the S.E. of the 



