WATERS OF, or _lacus Samechonitis_: the most northern and the
smallest of the three lakes which are supplied by the waters of the
Jordan. Indeed the numerous branches of this river, descending from the
mountains, unite in this small piece of water; out of which issues the
single stream which may be considered as the Jordan Proper. It is at
present called the lake of Houle; and is situated in a hollow or valley,
about twelve miles wide, called the Ard Houle, formed by the Djebel
Heish on the west, and Djebel Safat on the east, the two branches into
which the mountains of Hasbeya, or Djebel Esheikh, the ancient Hermon,
divides itself about fifteen miles to the north.
smallest of the three lakes which are supplied by the waters of the
Jordan. Indeed the numerous branches of this river, descending from the
mountains, unite in this small piece of water; out of which issues the
single stream which may be considered as the Jordan Proper. It is at
present called the lake of Houle; and is situated in a hollow or valley,
about twelve miles wide, called the Ard Houle, formed by the Djebel
Heish on the west, and Djebel Safat on the east, the two branches into
which the mountains of Hasbeya, or Djebel Esheikh, the ancient Hermon,
divides itself about fifteen miles to the north.