FROM NAZARETH TO TIBERIAS, 
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fourth watch of the night, walking to them upon the waves. 
Often as this subject has been painted, combining a number of 
circumstances adapted for the representation of sublimity, no 
artist has been aware of the uncommon grandeur of the scenery, 
memorable on account of the transaction. The lake of Gen 
nesareth is surrounded by objects well calculated to heighten 
the solemn impression made by such a picture ; and, iudepen 
dent of the local feelings likely to be excited in its contempla¬ 
tion, affords one of the mosts striking prospects in the Holy 
Land. It is by comparison alone that any due conception of 
the appearance it presents can be conveyed to the minds of 
those who have not seen it; and, speaking of it comparatively^ 
it may be described as longer and finer than any of our Cum¬ 
berland and Westmoreland lakes, although, perhaps, it yields 
in majesty to the stupendous features of Loch Lomond in Scot¬ 
land. It does not possess the vastness of the lake of Geneva, 
although it much resembles it in particular points of view.— 
The lake of Locarno in Italy comes nearest to it in point of 
picturesque beauty, although it is destitue of any thing similar 
to the islands by which that majestic piece of water is adorned. 
It is inferior in magnitude, and, perhaps, in the height of its 
surrounding mountains, to the lake Asphaitites; but its broad 
and extended surface, covering the bottom of a profound valley, 
environed by lofty and precipitous eminences, added to the 
impression of a certain reverential awe under which every 
Christian pilgrim approaches it, give it a character of dignity 
unparalleled by any similar scenery. t 
Having reached the end of the plain whose surface exhibit¬ 
ed such motley colours to us, when it was viewed from the 
Mountain of Beatitudes, a long and steep declivity of two miles 
yet remained to the town of Tiberias, situated upon the borders 
of the lake. We had here a noble view of this place, with its 
castle and fortifications. Groupes of Arabs, gathering in their 
harvest upon the backs of camels, were seen in the neighbour¬ 
hood of the town. Beyond it appeared, upon the same side of 
the lake, some buildings erected over the warm miueral baths 
of Emmaiis , which are much frequented by the people of the 
country ; and, still further, the southeastern extremity of the 
lake. Turning our view toward its northern shores, we be¬ 
held, through a bold declivity, the situation of Capernaum^ 
upon the boundaries of the two tribes of Zabulon anti 
Saphtali. It was visited in the sixth century by Antoninus 
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