CHINEROTH-TABIGA. 547 greatest objection that occurs to me is the inconsiderable amount of them. Chineroth was given to Naphtali, and from it both this plain and lake may have derived their names, for Genashur and Gennesaret are only different forms of Chineroth or Cineroth-in Maccabees it is written Genasor, and also Nasor; and what more likely than that this city was on this plain, and gave name to it, and the lake also. I am aware that many entertain the idea that the predecessor of the city of Tiberias was Chineroth, and it may have been so, but I think not. We may examine this point on the ground, and for the present rest on the suggestion that Chineroth stood at the head of the pretty plain to which it gave name. Tell Hûm being Capernaum, and Khan Minyeh Chineroth, what do you make of this Tabiga? It was the grand manufacturing suburb of Capernaum, and hence the fountains took name from the city. Here were the mills, not only for it, but for all the neighborhood, as is now the case. So also the potteries, tanneries, and other operations of this sort would be clustered around these great fountains, and the traces of the necessary buildings may be seen all around us. I even derive the name, Tabiga, from this business of tanning. Tabiga, or Tabaga, is nearly identical with Dabbaga, the Arabic name for tannery; and, no doubt, the tanneries of Capernaum were actually at these fountains, whatever may be true in regard to the name. And if a city should again arise in this vicinity, the tanneries belonging to it would certainly be located here, for the water is precisely the kind best adapted to that business. As there is considerable marshy land about this Tabiga, may not this account for the prevalence of fevers at Capernaum? for here it was, of course, that Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.1 Fevers of a very malignant type are still prevalent, particularly in summer and autumn, owing, no doubt, to the extreme heat acting upon these marshy plains, such as the Butaiha, at the influx of the Jordan. 1 Matt. viii. 14. It must have been in this neighborhood that our Lord was so pressed by the multitudes who flocked from all parts to hear him, that he was obliged to enter a ship, and have it thrust out a little from the shore, that from thence he might address them without interruption. No doubt; and I was delighted to find small creeks or inlets between this and Tell Hûm, where the ship could ride in safety only a few feet from the shore, and where the multitudes, seated on both sides, and before the boat, could listen without distraction or fatigue. As if on purpose to furnish seats, the shore on both sides of these narrow inlets is piled up with smooth boulders of basalt. Somewhere hereabouts, also, Andrew and Peter were casting their nets into the sea, when our Lord, passing by, called them to follow him, and become fishers of men. And in one of these identical inlets, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, were mending their nets, when they, being also called, immediately left the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed Jesus.1 Here, yes, right here, began that organization which has spread over the earth, and revolutionized the world. Viewed in this relation, is there a spot on earth that can rival this in interest? 1 Matt. iv. 18-22. 'Aba, outer garment, scr. all. to, 500. Absalom, caught in an oak, 374. l'Alma, village, described, 455; storm at, Almond-tree, scr. all. to, 495-496. 'Aly es Sughir, ruling family of Belad Abu el Aswad, river, Roman bridge at, Amalekites, 241. 251; plain of, 249. Acacia-trees, 194. Achabari, cliff, 423. 'Amka, village, Emek, 472. Acre, city, ancient Accho and Ptolemais, Amorites, 241. vaults of houses not surdabs, 478; Ancient ruins, disappearance of, 158- 361. 'Ainata, village, Beth Anath of Naph- 'Ain el Jin, 424. 'Ain el Kunterah, camp-ground, 210. 'Ain es Sultan, at Baalbek, 254. 'Ain et Tiny, 537; nature of the fount- 'Ain Fit, Nusairîyeh village, 242. 'Ain Júr, ancient Chalcis, 254; tent fountain, 410. 'Akabiyeh, brook, 209. inscrip- Ants, scr. all, to, 520; anecdotes of, from Aphcah, temple at, 361. Aqueduct of Acre, from Kabery, 471; Arbors, covered with gourd vines, 97. Ark, Noah's, pitched with bitumen, 336; remit- Arkites, 243. Alexandroschene, Scanderuna, ruins, Algerines at Kudes, 404. Arraby, vill., 516. 'Arreimeh, tell of, 539. Asher, territory of, 290; boundaries of, Ashmunazar, sarcophagus of, 199-201. Atmosphere, transparency of, 17. Avenger of blood, 447-449. ass, 63. Burket Ram, Phiala, lake, 367. temples Bustra, ruined temples at, 349. Baal and Ashtaroth, 201. Banias Castle, ascent to, 376; gate of, Bee-hives on the Hûleh, 389. Beer en Nukkar, guard-house at, 315. Behemoth, scr. all., 384-388. Beirut, Berytus, topography of, 40; en- Butter, Arab., 393; churning of, scr. Cabul, vill. and district, 281, 511. Capernaum, Tell Hum, site of, discussed, Carmel, convent of, 493. Chalcedony, geodes of, 437. Chariots, not found now in Syria, 19; Charms, medical, 218. virons, 41; Berothai and Berothah, Christ's missionary instructions, 533- before its quay, 43; ancient celebrity Churning of Arabs, 393. of, 43; gladiatorial shows at, by Ti- Cisterns, water of, 443; dangerous ad- tion of, 247. history of, 45; legends, 45; recent Cities of Syria and Palestine, popula- Beit Jenn, vill., 321. Belad Beshara, scenery of, 314-315. Benat Yacobe, Jacob's daughters, 372. Beth M'aacah, province, 326. Bible, composed in country, not city, 507. Clean and unclean animals, 287-288. Costumes, Oriental, male, 165-167; fc- Bisry, vill., vale, and temple, 121, 361. Crater, volcanic, 434. Bitumen, wells near Hasbeiya. 335; Crops, continuous succession of, 328; from Dead Sea, 336; scr. all., 336–337. Blát, cliffs of, 255. Blat, temple of, 443. Blata, fountain, buffaloes in, 394. Blood, eating of, scr. all. to, 136–137. Buffalo, Behemoth, described, 384-387; rate of yield, 116-117. Crows, in the Hûleh, 396-397; deprc- Custom-house officers, 64. Dahr June, 109. Daleels, guides to hidden treasure, 196. Damur River, Tamyras, 81; source, 81; Dan, 201, 320, 383. INDEX TO SUBJECTS. Ehden, vill., 292. Danites, conquer Laish, worship idols, El Búany, vill. and ruins, 512. 323. Deborah, fountain of, 424. Deir el Kamar, capital of Mount Leba- Deir el Kasy, 472. Deir el Kul'ah, 47, 361. Deir Hanna, castle and vill., 516. Deir Zahrany, vill., ancient road near, Deluge, 69. Demoniacal possession, 212-231. Derdara, fountain in Ijon, 320; El Behjeh, palace, 471. 551 Eleutherus, River, Nahr el Kebir, 245. El Mughar, En Hazor, vill., 515. Em el 'Amed, ruins, temple at, 468. En Hazor, ruin, 515. Eusebius, description of the cathedral of Falconry, 309-311. cas- Falcons, varieties of, 309–310. Desertion of Phoenician coast, reason of, Devout language common in the East, Difneh, Daphne, 388. Dog River, Lycus, Nahr el Kelb, ancient Dogs of shepherds, 301. Feet, bare, washing of, 174. Fig-tree cursed by our Lord, 538; bar- Finjan and zarf, coffee-cup and holder, Fire in corn, scr. all. to, 529-530; an- Door-posts, writing upon, 140; scr. all. Fossils on Lebanon, 69. Dor, ancient city, Tantura, 201. Doves, 68; in clefts of the rocks, 415; Druses, origin of, 249; number and dis- Fountains anciently defended, 209. Fruits of Palestine, 161. Funerals, Oriental, described, 141-142; Gabera, ruins of, 512. Galilee, reflections on entering it, 508. Eagles in cliffs of the Litany, 256; scr. Ear-rings and ear-drops, 186. Gazelles, scr. all. to, 251-252. Earthquake, scr. all. to, 427; descrip- Gebile, town, 151. tion of earthquake at Safed and Tibe- Gennesaret, plain of, described by Jose- utensils for, 181-182; washing of Ghawaraneh, Arabs of the Hûlch, 389; |