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etCt—and what thou shalt bind upon the earth shall be
bound in Heaven" etc.

Here Christ cured a woman who had had an issue of
blood for years (nowadays there would have been an
affidavit published) and near here, possibly on the castle
hill, some claim that the Saviour's ascension took place.

Dan

Sept. 18.

It was first, ages ago the Phoenician Laish—a lot of
Danites from Sodom, 600, came over like a pack of ad-
venturers, as they were, and captured the place and lived
there, as sort of luxurious agriculturists, till Abraham
hazed them in after times.

We traveled a long stretch (4 miles) of miserable rocky
road, overrun by water, and finally turned and followed
down the other side of the valley, over a half-green, half-
rusty country full of fine sheep, bulls of Bashan and
Bedouin shepherds. The Bedouins are descended from
Esau, and scorn to live in houses. Saw their tents. Then
through several large Arab villages made of coarse mat-
ting houses, shaped like an omnibus, and finally after
nooning and riding 2 hrs. along a vast green swamp that
occupies the whole width of the valley we camped at last
at a fountain and mill well down abreast of Lake Hula,
or the Waters of Merom, of Bible fame.

Sept. 19. Left our camp by the Waters of Merom, at
7A.M.

The Arabs threw stones into the camp last night and
tried to stampede the horses.

Rode 2 hrs. over tolerably arable land (fast) and came
in sight of the Sea of Galilee—shortly came to an old
kahn, and in it examined the arched pit called Joseph's
well, where his brethren threw him. Then over a horrible,
rocky, barren desert (like Nevada) with scattering goats
and shepherds (with pipes) and passed Safed, and close

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