The Holy Land and the Bible; . with the ever-memorable, thrice-repeated, Lovest thou Me? andthe touching answer, Lord, Thou knowest all thinas; Thou knowestthat I love Thee. Our boatmen did not row together, nor did they sit, their invaria-ble habit being to stand, with one foot on the seat to give them morepower. It was curious to notice that their feet, never cramped by shoes,were much broader at the toes than at the instep; so different is thenatui-al shape of the foot from that which our hard leather coveringsproduce. Striking out in a straight lino to save a deep bend, we nowgot a good wa

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The Holy Land and the Bible; . with the ever-memorable, thrice-repeated, Lovest thou Me? andthe touching answer, Lord, Thou knowest all thinas; Thou knowestthat I love Thee. Our boatmen did not row together, nor did they sit, their invaria-ble habit being to stand, with one foot on the seat to give them morepower. It was curious to notice that their feet, never cramped by shoes, were much broader at the toes than at the instep; so different is thenatui-al shape of the foot from that which our hard leather coveringsproduce. Striking out in a straight lino to save a deep bend, we nowgot a good way from the land, keeping towards Tell Hum, which lieson the shore, about two miles and a half south-west of the entrance ofthe Jordan into the lake. Sometimes Iowing, sometimes sailing, thewhole landscape on both sides was Avithin view. On the east, thetable-land, sinking precipitously to the Avater, was scooped into terraces1 Mark vi. 46. 2 Mark i. 22. 3 Mark ii. 16. i John xxi. 2 fl. 05 a a» B O o nBB O E a o CO aa B ona 2. aiii:::i::;:::ia:i:!ii;i!:i:;i:i!lBi[!;!::;a)i!ilii| XLIV.] THE si^^ OF GALILEE. 553 and liollows, and seamed with deep gullies and ravines, down whichthe wind often rushes with terrible force from the uplands above, whichstretch away to the Euphrates. Sir Charles Wilson encountered justsuch a sudden storm—though from the west—as swept down long agoon the boat in which Christ lay asleep, while His disciples were wres-tling with the winds and the waves.^ The morning, Sir Charlestells us, was delightful; a gentle easterly breeze, and not a cloud inthe sky to give warning of what was coming. Suddenly, about mid-day, there was a sound of distant thunder, and a small cloud, no big-ger than a mans hand, was seen rising over the heights of Lubieh, tothe west. In a few moments the cloud appeared to spread, and heavyblack masses came rolling down the hills, towards the lake, completelyobscuring Tiberias and Hattin. At this moment the breeze died away, there wer