ButIshouldnotoffertheevidencefortheprosecutionandleavethedefenseunheard。Wm。C。Grimesdeposesasfollows:——\"Wehadtakenshiptogoovertotheotherside。Theseawasnotmorethansixmileswide。Ofthebeautyofthescene，however，Icannotsayenough，norcanIimaginewherethosetravelerscarriedtheireyeswhohavedescribedthesceneryofthelakeastameoruninteresting。Thefirstgreatcharacteristicofitisthedeepbasininwhichitlies。Thisisfromthreetofourhundredfeetdeeponallsidesexceptatthelowerend，andthesharpslopeofthebanks，whicharealloftherichestgreen，isbrokenanddiversifiedbythewâdysandwater—courseswhichworktheirwaydownthroughthesidesofthebasin，formingdarkchasmsorlightsunnyvalleys。NearTiberiasthesebanksarerocky，andancientsepulchresopeninthem，withtheirdoorstowardthewater。Theyselectedgrandspots，asdidtheEgyptiansofold，forburialplaces，asiftheydesignedthatwhenthevoiceofGodshouldreachthesleepers，theyshouldwalkforthandopentheireyesonscenesofgloriousbeauty。Ontheeast，thewildanddesolatemountainscontrastfinelywiththedeepbluelake;andtowardthenorth，sublimeandmajestic，Hermonlooksdownonthesea，liftinghiswhitecrowntoheavenwiththeprideofahillthathasseenthedepartingfootstepsofahundredgenerations。Onthenorth—eastshoreoftheseawasasingletree，andthisistheonlytreeofanysizevisiblefromthewaterofthelake，exceptafewlonelypalmsinthecityofTiberias，andbyitssolitarypositionattractsmoreattentionthanwouldaforest。ThewholeappearanceofthesceneispreciselywhatwewouldexpectanddesirethesceneryofGenessarettobe，grandbeauty，butquietcalm。Theverymountainsarecalm。\"Itisaningeniouslywrittendescription，andwellcalculatedtodeceive。
Butifthepaintandtheribbonsandtheflowersbestrippedfromit，askeletonwillbefoundbeneath。
Sostripped，thereremainsalakesixmileswideandneutralincolor;
withsteepgreenbanks，unrelievedbyshrubbery;atoneendbare，unsightlyrocks，with（almostinvisible）holesinthemofnoconsequencetothepicture;
eastward，\"wildanddesolatemountains;\"（low，desolatehills，heshouldhavesaid;）inthenorth，amountaincalledHermon，withsnowonit;peculiarityofthepicture，\"calmness;\"itsprominentfeature，onetree。