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LAKE HULEH.
323
. In regard to birds
and game, however, the
marshes of Lake Huleh
—Merom (see page 340)—are far superior to
the Sea of Galilee ; while in the ruins, gorges,
and hills of the adjacent regions large numbers
of boars, foxes, wolves, hyenas, and other wild
animals are found.
One of the kinds of recreation in which
Herod the Great often indulged was that of
hunting. Josephus praises him as being
" always foremost in the chase." " In a single
day, accordingly, he sometimes overcame forty
wild animals." " The country," he adds, " abounds
in wild boars, but particularly in deer and wild
asses" ("Wars," i. 21, 13). "Desert places"
CAVERNS IN THE CLIFFS OF WADY LEIMON.
The upper portion of Wady el Amud, the Valley of the Column.
323
. In regard to birds
and game, however, the
marshes of Lake Huleh
—Merom (see page 340)—are far superior to
the Sea of Galilee ; while in the ruins, gorges,
and hills of the adjacent regions large numbers
of boars, foxes, wolves, hyenas, and other wild
animals are found.
One of the kinds of recreation in which
Herod the Great often indulged was that of
hunting. Josephus praises him as being
" always foremost in the chase." " In a single
day, accordingly, he sometimes overcame forty
wild animals." " The country," he adds, " abounds
in wild boars, but particularly in deer and wild
asses" ("Wars," i. 21, 13). "Desert places"
CAVERNS IN THE CLIFFS OF WADY LEIMON.
The upper portion of Wady el Amud, the Valley of the Column.