200 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, of Galilee \ This immense lake, almost equals 
.. M - v ..'' in the grandeur of its appearance, to that of 
Geneva^ spreads its waters over all the lower 
territory, extending from the north-east towards 
the south-west ^ Its eastern shores exhibit a 
sublime scene of mountains towards the north 
and south, and they seem to close it in at 
either extremity; both towards Chorazin, where 
the Jordan enters; and the Aulon, or Campus 
Magnus, through which this river flows to the 
Dead Sea. The cultivated plains reaching to 
(1) " Mare appellatur — GalilacB, quia in Galilee^ provinci^; mare 
Tiberiadis, a civitate Tiberiadis ; mare Cenereth, ab oppido Cenereth, 
cui successit Tiberias ; stagnum Genezareth, vel lacus Genezur, k pro- 
pinqu& regione Genezar." {Quaresmii Elucid. Terr. Sanct. I. vii. c. 3. 
/>. 862. tomUl. Antv.VoQd.) "Called always a Sea," sa.y^ Fuller, 
" by three of the Evangelists, but generally a Lake by St. Luke. 
Indeed, amongst lakes it may be accounted for a sea, such the 
greatness ; aroongst seas, reputed for a lake, such the sweetness and 
freshness of the water therein," Fuller's Pisgah-sight of PaUTstine^ 
B. IL c. 6. ;?. 140. Lond. 1G50. 
(2) Its various names are cited in the preceding Note. St. Luke 
calls it the JLaks of Gennesardh ; and this agrees with Pliny's appella- 
tion, who, speaking of the River Jordan, {Hist. Nat. lib. v. c. 15. 
/v. Bat. 1635.) uses these words : " In lacian se fundlt, qucm plures 
G&nesaram vacant, xvi mill. pass, longitudinis, vi mill. pass, latitudinis, 
amcenis circumseptum oppidis." He also notices the hot springs of 
Emmaus, near Tiberias. Josephus (/i6, iii. de Bell. Jud. c. 18.) gives 
it the same name as P/i?/y; which it derived from the appellation of 
the neighbouring district. {Hid.) As to its dimensions, Josephus, 
{ibid.) than whom, says Reland, "nemo meliits ea scire potuit," de- 
scribes its length as equal to an hundred {Hegesippus, as 140) stadia; 
and its breadth as forty. Its distance from the Lake Asphaltites is 
seventy-five miles. 
