198 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE. 



— is quite early. The water floods, I think, in February. It comes 

 from the snow melting on Hermon, and descends with a rush. The 

 water not only floods the Jordan, but floods the whole valley for 

 about three miles. The valley is about three miles wide, and goes 

 on gentle slopes. The flooded portion is sown with barley by the 

 Bedouin people, and this comes up very early in the year. As you 

 go higher, you have different times for different harvests. In 

 Assam you have people coming down from the hills for the harvest 

 in the lowlands and people from the lowlands going to the hills 

 when the harvest is high up. 



I suppose it is the same all over the world. Even in England we 

 have a variation of two or three weeks in different parts. I do not 

 remember any other particular points I can answer. 



The Meeting returned a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer, 

 and adjourned at 6 p.m. 



