130 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, his lodging at Tiberias exactly corresponds with 
■ that of our reception here'. A wicker shed, or 
hovel, upon one side of the roof, was found 
capable of containing six of us : the rest ex- 
tended themselves, in the open air, upon the 
stuccoed roof, and were somewhat further 
removed from the centre of the swarm of 
vermin ; our situation being, literally, a focusy 
or point of concourse. 
At three o'clock we roused all the party, and 
were on horseback a little before four. We. 
could discern the town oi Acre, and the RomuliLs 
frigate at anchor, very distinctly from this place. 
Graveofan \\\ a ccemetcry hard by, we noticed a grave, 
Eni/pleun ^ 
form. so constructed as to resemble an Egyptian 
mummy : it was plastered over, and afterwards 
a face and feet had been painted upon the heap, 
like those pictured upon the cases wherein 
mummies are deposited. After leaving Shef- 
hamer, the mountainous territory begins, and 
the road winds among valleys covered with 
beautiful trees. Passing these hills, we entered 
that part of Galilee which belonged to the tribe 
(l) " We sup|)ed ou the top of the house, for coolness, according t» 
their custom, and lodged there likewise, in a sort of closet, 
ABOUT EIGHT FEET SQUARE, OF WICKER WORK, PLASTERED ROUND 
TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, BUT WITHOUT ANY DOORS. . . . The place 
abounds with vermin." Pococke's Trav. vol. 11. £. 6S. LoruU 1745. 
