TIBERIAS. 22. 
the surface, may prove the high transparency chap. 
of the water. The River Jordan maintains its ^— -y — 
course through the middle of the lake ; and, it River 
is said, without mingling its waters. A similar 
story is related of the Rhine and Moselle at 
Coblentz, and in other parts of the world, where 
difference of colour has been caused in water by 
the junction of rivers \ A strong current also 
marks the passage of the Jordan through the 
middle of the lake ; and when this is opposed 
by contrary winds, which blow here with the 
force of a hurricane from the south-east, sweep- 
ing from the mountains into the lake, it may be 
conceived that a boisterous sea is instantly 
raised : this the small vessels of the country 
are ill qualified to resist. As different state- 
ments have been made of the breadth of this 
lake, and experienced mariners are often tole- 
rably accurate in measuring distance upon 
water by the eye, we asked Captain Culverhouse 
what he believed to be the interval between 
Tiberias and the opposite shore, where there is a 
village scarcely perceptible, upon the site of 
antient Hippos. He considered it as equal to Hippos, 
six miles. Mr. Loudon, Purser of the Romulus, 
and also the Cockswain of the Captain's barge, 
(3) Seep. 90 of our Third Volume, Svo. edit. 
