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Show THE SACRED SEA OF GALILEE Fishermen Work Similarly There'To-dy There'To-dy They Did in the Time of Christ. Jerusalem. Palestine. No sheet of water In lie world hax such sacred and historic association as the sea of Gall-lee Gall-lee In Northern Palestine. It Is h!m known as the Sea of Tiberius. Uike Gennesaret and in the lllhle other names designate It, while the Arabs know It as Ilahr Tubariyeh. It In sit-iiHli'd sit-iiHli'd north of the Head sea and ia connected with thai brxly of water by the Jordan. The Sea of Galilee was ... ,, ... r- -"',a!I?M - - - ' . "' ' " :' " i ' V v J Fisherman Casting His Net. the scene of Christ's ministry and of many miracles and on its shores were many cities and villages, almost all of which now. with the exception of Tiberias, Ti-berias, are uninhabited. From the hills surrounding Tiberias one can look down upon the Sea of (ialllce, a blue lake, pear-shaped in design, de-sign, and hemmed about with a vast ring of green hills. The waters of the lake abound now as In New Testament Testa-ment times with a variety of excellent fish, and boats almost as primitive as in the days of Christ are employed In catching them. Solitary fishermen may also be seen wading out in the blue waters. These men carry a circular net of fine twine, , small in the mesh and weighted with pieces of lead around the edge. To the center of the net a long cord It fasten- j ed. The fishermau holds the net . over his left arm and wades waist deep in the water. When he espies a shoal of fish he casts the net over them and the leaden weights cause it to sink. Then the rope is pulled and ! JJ:b Uttdf-n wetfthta aro drawn togeth- er, imprisoning the fish In the net |