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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 203open^ not a tree to be seen, but pretty generally cultivated,and the soil rich. A solitary antelope, or a groupe of Syrians,now and then crossed us; both seemed equally surprised byour approach. The former, having gazed eagerly at us,bounded away with all the swiftness and grace for whichthat animal is celebrated. I could not consent to the repeatedrequests of my guide and mocarri, to use my musquetagainst those we saw.The first appeararice of Tiberias is exceedingly picturesque: it is situated at the edge of the lake, nearer the norththan the south end of the west side. Its houses are scatterediiTcgularly within its walls. The minarets of two orthree mosques, intermixed with cypress, groupe well with theneighbouring cupolas. The lake washes the lower part ofthe town, and had, when I saw it, a deep blue tint. Its oppositeshore is confined by bold barren precipitous rocks, andhills of sand-stone. The course of the river Jordan is tracedinto the lake at the north end, and again appears windiriginto a slow narrow stream from the south. Its length, accordingto Pococke, is fifteen miles, and breadth three orfour; but I doubt whether it is so much.Nothing denoted the existence of hving beings near it,except the houses; not a single inhabitant to bC seen, nor aboat on the lake. I afterwards understood the only remainingboat had been' destroyed in a storm, a short time before2 D 2ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ